Dry Goods Store, Ford Motor Company Plant, Pequaming, Michigan, 1926

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company opened its first employee commissary in 1919. By purchasing groceries, dry goods and over-the-counter medicines in bulk, Ford obtained better prices -- savings which it then passed on to employees through its company stores. The lumbering village of Pequaming, essentially a Ford company town, was especially dependent on its commissary; it was the only store in the area.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

16 February 1926

Subject Date

16 February 1926

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.45961

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: 7.875 in
Width: 11.125 in

Dry Goods Store, Ford Motor Company Plant, Pequaming, Michigan, 1926