Baseball Game at Willow Run Bomber Plant Recreation Field, September 1944
THF272100 / Baseball Game at Willow Run Bomber Plant Recreation Field, September 1944
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Artifact Overview
Opportunities for recreation were important in maintaining morale among Willow Run's employees during World War II. They worked long shifts under constant pressure to meet wartime production goals. To ease the strain, the plant offered organized leagues for baseball, softball, bowling, golf, and other sports.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
19 September 1944
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.80562.2
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)
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Every American automaker turned its workforce and facilities to military production during World War II. But no project captured the public's imagination like Willow Run, where Ford Motor Company built one B-24 Liberator airplane every 63 minutes. The plant was the embodiment of America's "Arsenal of Democracy" -- the enormous manufacturing capacity so vital to the Allies' victory.