Letter from UAW-CIO to Edsel Ford Protesting Turning the Long Beach Assembly Plant into an Army Warehouse, January 19, 1942
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Artifact Overview
Starting in the 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Ford opened its Long Beach, California, assembly plant in 1930. Civilian production was suspended during World War II, and the facility became a temporary supply base for U.S. Army Air Corps. Automobile production resumed at Long Beach in late 1945 until the plant closed in 1959.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Letter (Correspondence)
Date Made
19 January 1942
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.6.253
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11.00 in
Width: 8.5 in
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