Demonstrating the Ford Military Ambulance, October 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

16 October 1918

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.23344

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in