Aerial View of Navy Service School at Ford Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1945

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Artifact Overview

The United States Navy Service School opened in Dearborn, Michigan, in early 1941. The school was built on land leased to the Navy at Ford's Rouge Plant. Ford also made additional Rouge factory facilities and equipment available for Navy use. Thousands of young Navy recruits graduated as machinists, electricians, and radiomen or acquired other skilled training here during the war years.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

September 1944

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.82130.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen Back

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10.875 in