Women Working at the Ford Ypsilanti Village Industry Plant, March 1937
THF272497 / Women Working at the Ford Ypsilanti Village Industry Plant, March 1937
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Artifact Overview
In the early 1920s, Henry Ford began locating small hydroelectrically powered plants in rural southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local people who could maintain farms while working at the factory. The plant at Ypsilanti operated from 1932 to 1947 and produced automobile starters and generators. As many as 1,500 people worked there, making it the largest of these small factories.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
15 March 1937
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.189.P.12259A
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: 11.00 in
Width: 7.25 in
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