Service Attendant Selling Fuel Pump to Customer, September 1937
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Artifact Overview
An automobile's fuel pump pulls gasoline from the gas tank and sends it to the carburetor or fuel injector pump. Fuel pumps might operate mechanically through a connection to the engine camshaft, or electrically via a small motor. In the 1930s, Ford manufactured some of its fuel pumps at Henry Ford's Village Industries factory in Milford, Michigan.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
28 September 1937
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.68886.A
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: 8.000 in
Width: 11.000 in
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