Construction of Wall Between Ford Motor Company Test Track and Greenfield Village (Village Road), October 1951

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company opened a formal proving ground, located on the former site of Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, in the late 1930s. By the early 1950s, the facility included a water pit, a steep hill, and 11 miles of roadways with varying surfaces of concrete, cobblestone, macadam, gravel, and brick -- complete with potholes and simulated railroad crossings.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

18 October 1951

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.N.O.5933

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Photographic materials

Technique

Photographic processes

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in