Housing in Cork Photograph Album, circa 1920

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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford formed an Irish subsidiary company, Henry Ford & Son Limited, in 1917. Two years later, he opened a tractor plant in County Cork, Ireland. Soon the factory began producing automobile engines and parts for Ford factories in England. This photo album contains a visual survey of housing conditions in the city of Cork at the time.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photograph album

Subject Date

circa 1920

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2006.1.1895.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)