"Type B" Model Home in the Ford Homes District, Dearborn, Michigan, March 1920

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Artifact Overview

Edsel Ford and Ernest Liebold, Henry Ford's executive secretary, organized the Dearborn Realty and Construction Company in 1919. It built 250 houses in what became the Ford Homes District in Dearborn, Michigan. The houses were made in six different designs using standardized fixtures, which reduced construction time and costs. Priced around $6,500 to $8,000, the homes attracted white-collar Ford employees.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

22 March 1920

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.189.853.A

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in