Employees Assembling Bomber at Willow Run Plant, March 1943
THF272601 / Employees Assembling Bomber at Willow Run Plant, March 1943
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Artifact Overview
Women represented approximately one-third of the workers at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant, where they did everything from clerical work in the offices to riveting and welding on the assembly line. During World War II, women joined the workforce in record numbers to take on essential jobs traditionally held by men who had joined the armed forces.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
08 March 1943
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.189.P.18215
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: 7.50 in
Width: 11.00 in
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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.