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- Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Sawmill, L'Anse, Michigan, August 1946 - In pursuit of self-sufficient automobile manufacture, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland for logging in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ford established several remote milling sites, including this one at L'Anse on Keweenaw Bay. Lumber produced here was shipped to a plant at Iron Mountain and made into parts for Ford automobiles.
- August 06, 1946
- Collections - Artifact
Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Sawmill, L'Anse, Michigan, August 1946
In pursuit of self-sufficient automobile manufacture, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland for logging in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ford established several remote milling sites, including this one at L'Anse on Keweenaw Bay. Lumber produced here was shipped to a plant at Iron Mountain and made into parts for Ford automobiles.
- Commissary at the Ford Iron Mountain Plant, 1928 - Ford Motor Company opened its first employee commissary in 1919. By purchasing groceries, dry goods and over-the-counter medicines in bulk, Ford obtained better prices -- savings which it then passed on to employees through its company stores. At its peak around 1925, the Iron Mountain, Michigan, commissary served 7,600 Ford employees working and living in the area.
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Commissary at the Ford Iron Mountain Plant, 1928
Ford Motor Company opened its first employee commissary in 1919. By purchasing groceries, dry goods and over-the-counter medicines in bulk, Ford obtained better prices -- savings which it then passed on to employees through its company stores. At its peak around 1925, the Iron Mountain, Michigan, commissary served 7,600 Ford employees working and living in the area.