Headlight Installation on Ford's Mercury Assembly Line, 1938

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Artifact Overview

Engineers at Ford's Highland Park plant had fine-tuned the moving assembly line. With this experience in hand, Ford created the "B" Building at its new River Rouge complex with extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the flow of parts and assembly processes. Here, during final assembly, a line worker adjusts the newly installed headlight on a 1939 Mercury automobile.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

25 November 1938

Subject Date

25 November 1938

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.71108.G

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: 8 in
Width: 11 in