Box of Johansson Gauges, 1927
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company's mass production methods depended on precision parts and tooling, and precision depended on exact measurements. Accuracy was so important that Henry Ford purchased C.E. Johansson, Inc. -- a Swedish company famous for its precision measuring instruments -- in 1923. Ford moved the company, complete with founder Carl Johansson, to Dearborn, Michigan.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
21 April 1927
Subject Date
21 April 1927
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.48935
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10.75 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten into image in lower right hand corner: 48935 -4-21-27
Metal plaque affixed to the open fitted wooden box shown in image reads: C.E. Johansson, Inc. / Division of / Ford Motor Company / Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.A.
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