Painting Automobile Fenders, Ford Rouge Plant, 1938
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Artifact Overview
In the 1930s, workers at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant painted vehicle bodies and components in a variety of colors. Prior to painting, sheet metal parts like these fenders were coated with a thin layer of zinc phosphate to improve paint adhesion and protect from rusting -- a process called bonderizing. Each fender was then dipped into a vat of paint.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
02 February 1938
Subject Date
02 February 1938
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.69803.O
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: 11 in
Width: 7.875 in
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