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- Ford Rouge Plant Tire Building Equipment, November 1942 - Henry Ford hoped to control virtually every item that went into Ford Motor Company vehicles, from raw materials to finished components. Construction on a tire plant at the Rouge started in 1937. By 1939 it was turning out up to 16,000 tires each day. Nearly eight million "Ford" branded tires were made before World War II ended production in 1942.

- November 19, 1942
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Rouge Plant Tire Building Equipment, November 1942
Henry Ford hoped to control virtually every item that went into Ford Motor Company vehicles, from raw materials to finished components. Construction on a tire plant at the Rouge started in 1937. By 1939 it was turning out up to 16,000 tires each day. Nearly eight million "Ford" branded tires were made before World War II ended production in 1942.
- Ford Rouge Plant Tire Building Equipment, November 1942 - Henry Ford hoped to control virtually every item that went into Ford Motor Company vehicles, from raw materials to finished components. Construction on a tire plant at the Rouge started in 1937. By 1939 it was turning out up to 16,000 tires each day. Nearly eight million "Ford" branded tires were made before World War II ended production in 1942.

- November 19, 1942
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Rouge Plant Tire Building Equipment, November 1942
Henry Ford hoped to control virtually every item that went into Ford Motor Company vehicles, from raw materials to finished components. Construction on a tire plant at the Rouge started in 1937. By 1939 it was turning out up to 16,000 tires each day. Nearly eight million "Ford" branded tires were made before World War II ended production in 1942.
- War Bond Drive Headquarters Booth at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, November 1944 - Ford Motor Company and its employees contributed to Allied efforts in World War II in numerous ways. The company built trucks, tanks, aircraft engines, gliders, and B-24 bomber airplanes. Ford workers purchased war bonds with their earnings, either independently or through a payroll deduction program.

- November 27, 1944
- Collections - Artifact
War Bond Drive Headquarters Booth at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, November 1944
Ford Motor Company and its employees contributed to Allied efforts in World War II in numerous ways. The company built trucks, tanks, aircraft engines, gliders, and B-24 bomber airplanes. Ford workers purchased war bonds with their earnings, either independently or through a payroll deduction program.