Ford Motor Company Employees Waiting in Line at a Wartime Blood Drive, February 1943

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company and its employees contributed to Allied efforts in World War II in many ways. The company built trucks, tanks, aircraft engines, gliders, and B-24 bomber airplanes. Ford workers participated in blood drives by donating blood and plasma for use stateside or overseas.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

24 February 1943

Subject Date

24 February 1943

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.77510.16

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10.875 in