Tank Assembly Changeover at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, 'B' Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1943
THF93752 / Tank Assembly Changeover at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, 'B' Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1943
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company repurposed its assembly lines to meet military manufacturing needs during World War II. The last peacetime automobile rolled out of Ford's massive River Rouge plant in 1941, and focus shifted to the wartime production of aircraft engines and military vehicles. The Rouge manufactured M-4 tanks through 1943 and continued producing M-4 engines and armor plates until war's end.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
06 September 1943
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.78586.11
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: 7.75 in
Width: 11.125 in
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