Compressed Air Device for Packing Helmets during World War I, Ford Motor Company Philadelphia Plant, 1917-1918
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Artifact Overview
When the United States entered World War I, American automobile companies turned some of their manufacturing capacity to the production of war materiel. Ford Motor Company received a contract to paint, assemble, and crate steel helmets for American soldiers. Altogether, Ford's Philadelphia plant processed more than 2.7 million helmets at a rate as high as 40,000 each day.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1917-1918
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.139
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: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
text in image on front:
Compressed air device for packing helmets. A line of 25 helmets the length of the upper box frame work was compressed by this device into the length of the packing box shown imposition ready to receive the helmets. This Ford development packed 25 helmets in about 30 seconds.
stamped on back:
PH. B. WALLACE, PHOTOGRAPHER WALNUT ST. PHILA.
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