Big Bay Hotel, General Store and Surrounding Buildings at Big Bay, Michigan, circa 1930
THF117317 / Big Bay Hotel, General Store and Surrounding Buildings at Big Bay, Michigan, circa 1930
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Artifact Overview
In pursuit of self-sufficient automobile manufacture, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland for logging in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ford established remote milling sites in several places, but Big Bay was unique. In 1943, Henry Ford purchased not only the sawmill and power plant, but nearly every other building in town.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1930
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.270.27
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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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SetFord in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
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In 1919, Henry Ford began buying vast amounts of forestland in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. These prime hardwood forests supplied the lumber used to create vehicle bodies and parts. Other products such as railroad ties, shipping containers and chemical byproducts were also made -- all to support Ford's automobile operations and his goal of manufacturing self-sufficiency.