Employees in Classroom at the Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1942

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Artifact Overview

At its peak, Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant employed more than 42,000 people who produced one bomber airplane every 63 minutes. The plant's five million square feet of roofed workspace incorporated everything needed to train and care for its workforce, including classrooms, a hospital, a commercial kitchen, and a cafeteria.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

26 August 1942

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.76992.D

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

Employees in Classroom at the Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1942