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- Workers at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant Foundry, 1935 - This image was taken in 1935 for N.W. Ayer, an advertising agency employed by Ford Motor Company. Workers at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant Foundry cast engine blocks for the Ford V-8. While this foundry job was appropriate for feature in an advertisement, in general the foundry was the dirtiest and most dangerous job in an automobile factory.
- March 12, 1935
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Workers at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant Foundry, 1935
This image was taken in 1935 for N.W. Ayer, an advertising agency employed by Ford Motor Company. Workers at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant Foundry cast engine blocks for the Ford V-8. While this foundry job was appropriate for feature in an advertisement, in general the foundry was the dirtiest and most dangerous job in an automobile factory.
- Workers Tending Ford Motor Company Employee Victory Garden, July 1944 -
- July 21, 1944
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Workers Tending Ford Motor Company Employee Victory Garden, July 1944
- Ford Motor Company Iron Mountain Plant Glider Production Workers, 1942 - Ford's Iron Mountain plant, part of an extensive sawmill complex in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, was retooled during World War II to produce wooden CG-4A gliders for the U.S. Army. These workers assembled the light aircraft, which had no motor or propellers. A pilot and copilot could silently land these gliders to deliver supplies, equipment, or up to 13 additional soldiers.
- December 20, 1942
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Ford Motor Company Iron Mountain Plant Glider Production Workers, 1942
Ford's Iron Mountain plant, part of an extensive sawmill complex in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, was retooled during World War II to produce wooden CG-4A gliders for the U.S. Army. These workers assembled the light aircraft, which had no motor or propellers. A pilot and copilot could silently land these gliders to deliver supplies, equipment, or up to 13 additional soldiers.
- Worker at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, June 28, 1940 -
- June 28, 1940
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Worker at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, June 28, 1940
- Woman Factory Worker, Lincoln Motor Company, November 1918 - During World War I, American women stepped into jobs traditionally held by men. Women were an important part of the wartime workforce at Lincoln Motor Company. Henry Leland formed Lincoln in 1917 to manufacture Liberty aircraft engines for the Allied Powers. Lincoln employees built 6,500 engines during the war. Packard, Ford, Marmon, Buick, and Cadillac produced Liberty engines too.
- November 01, 1918
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Woman Factory Worker, Lincoln Motor Company, November 1918
During World War I, American women stepped into jobs traditionally held by men. Women were an important part of the wartime workforce at Lincoln Motor Company. Henry Leland formed Lincoln in 1917 to manufacture Liberty aircraft engines for the Allied Powers. Lincoln employees built 6,500 engines during the war. Packard, Ford, Marmon, Buick, and Cadillac produced Liberty engines too.
- Workers at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, March 29, 1943 - During World War II, women joined the workforce in record numbers to take on essential jobs traditionally held by men who had entered the armed forces. At Ford Motor Company's Rouge factory at the height of wartime production, some 15,000 women worked in various positions, helping to manufacture jeeps, airplane engines, tractors, and other vital military equipment.
- March 29, 1943
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Workers at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, March 29, 1943
During World War II, women joined the workforce in record numbers to take on essential jobs traditionally held by men who had entered the armed forces. At Ford Motor Company's Rouge factory at the height of wartime production, some 15,000 women worked in various positions, helping to manufacture jeeps, airplane engines, tractors, and other vital military equipment.
- Workers on Assembly Line at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, 1932 - 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, line workers prepare chassis on the assembly line before they are coupled with their respective bodies.
- May 06, 1932
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Workers on Assembly Line at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, 1932
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, line workers prepare chassis on the assembly line before they are coupled with their respective bodies.
- Ford Motor Company Worker Safety Posters, "Tune In, Universal Safety," 1924 - Ford Motor Company borrowed language from the new medium of radio for this 1924 worker safety campaign, encouraging employees to "Tune In" as the company was "Broadcasting Safety" through a series of accident-prevention posters. Safe working habits were in everyone's best interest -- from the worker who risked debilitating injury and loss of pay, to the company that faced lost productivity.
- 1924
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Ford Motor Company Worker Safety Posters, "Tune In, Universal Safety," 1924
Ford Motor Company borrowed language from the new medium of radio for this 1924 worker safety campaign, encouraging employees to "Tune In" as the company was "Broadcasting Safety" through a series of accident-prevention posters. Safe working habits were in everyone's best interest -- from the worker who risked debilitating injury and loss of pay, to the company that faced lost productivity.
- Women Workers at Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1943 - During World War II, women joined the workforce in record numbers to take on essential jobs traditionally held by men who had entered the armed forces. At Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant, women represented approximately one-third of the workers, doing everything from clerical work in the offices to riveting and welding on the assembly line.
- February 08, 1943
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Women Workers at Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1943
During World War II, women joined the workforce in record numbers to take on essential jobs traditionally held by men who had entered the armed forces. At Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant, women represented approximately one-third of the workers, doing everything from clerical work in the offices to riveting and welding on the assembly line.
- Workers Moving Automobile Bodies at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, 1914 -
- 1914
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Workers Moving Automobile Bodies at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, 1914