Woman Factory Worker, Lincoln Motor Company, November 1918

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Artifact Overview

During World War I, American women stepped into jobs traditionally held by men. Women were an important part of the wartime workforce at Lincoln Motor Company. Henry Leland formed Lincoln in 1917 to manufacture Liberty aircraft engines for the Allied Powers. Lincoln employees built 6,500 engines during the war. Packard, Ford, Marmon, Buick, and Cadillac produced Liberty engines too.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

01 November 1918

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.23490

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

Woman Factory Worker, Lincoln Motor Company, November 1918