Ford Military Ambulance Donated to the Red Cross by the Illinois Woman's Relief Corps, 1918
THF263432 / Ford Military Ambulance Donated to the Red Cross by the Illinois Woman's Relief Corps, 1918
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Artifact Overview
When the United States entered World War I, Ford Motor Company personnel collaborated with the U.S. Surgeon General's Office, and with drivers who had served on the frontlines in France, to design a Model T-based ambulance suited to battlefield conditions. Ford built 5,745 ambulances for the Allied Powers during the war, and another 107 for the Red Cross.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
March 1918
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.21417
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: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
text in image on plate attached to frame:
DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS / WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS / AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY / OF THE REPUBLIC
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