Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--New Orleans, Louisiana--1922-1923--Item43
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Artifact Overview
Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. Albert Kahn, America's foremost industrial architect, designed Ford's modern, one-story New Orleans Assembly plant. The plant, which opened in 1923, supplied automobiles to three states until it closed in 1933.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
01 September 1922
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.721.129
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: 7.50 in
Width: 11.25 in
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