Women Workers Assembling Magnetos at the Highland Park Plant, circa 1913
THF99642 / Women Workers Assembling Magnetos at the Highland Park Plant, circa 1913
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Artifact Overview
Ford's Model T flywheel magneto generated the electricity that ignited the gasoline-air mixture inside the engine's cylinders. At the Highland Park plant, the coil-manufacturing department employed some women for the assembly of magnetos. The workers wound wire around the iron cores and placed the assembled parts into wooden boxes.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1913
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Attributed to Ford Motor Company Photographic Department
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.158
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
On verso, stamped in ink:
Photo By FORD MOTOR CO. CENTRAL STAFF PHOTOGRAPHIC Dearborn, Michigan.
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