Ford Motor Company Glass Plate Negatives--Item 155

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Artifact Overview

Fire was a constant threat to factories and industrial facilities. Large plants often operated their own fire departments to protect from the danger. Ford Motor Company maintained a fire department at its Highland Park plant near Detroit, Michigan. Naturally, Ford's department used Model T fire trucks.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

24 May 1918

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2012.26.22209

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Robert Gearhart.

Material

Glass (Material)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in