Construction of Spring Shop at Ford Motor Company's Moscow Factory, 1931
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Artifact Overview
In 1929, Ford Motor Company signed an agreement with the Soviet government to help open two plants in the U.S.S.R. at Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow. Ford provided detailed drawings of factory buildings and equipment, and it sent engineers and foremen to oversee construction and startup. Although Ford lost money on the venture, it earned favorable international publicity.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
02 January 1931
Creator Notes
Original photographer is unidentified.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.4042
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.75 in
Width: 9.25 in
Inscriptions
handwritten, front:
Spring Shop / 1-2-31 / [caption in Russian, unable to translate]
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