Motion Picture Drying Room at the Highland Park Plant, 1914
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company established its motion picture department in 1914. Employees produced informational newsreels, educational features, and promotional films about Ford vehicles and manufacturing facilities. Between 1914 and 1920, Ford films were shown to five million people in more than 4,000 theaters. Ford ended film production as a cost-saving measure during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
16 November 1914
Subject Date
16 November 1914
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.1944
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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