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- Ford Homes District Employee Housing on Park Street, Dearborn, Michigan, 1919 - Ford Motor Company's interest in employee loyalty went far beyond shop floor workers. Ford owned a great deal of land near Detroit and established a land development subsidiary explicitly for the purpose of erecting middle-class housing for managers and supervisors. These homes in Dearborn were completed in 1919.
- October 04, 1919
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Ford Homes District Employee Housing on Park Street, Dearborn, Michigan, 1919
Ford Motor Company's interest in employee loyalty went far beyond shop floor workers. Ford owned a great deal of land near Detroit and established a land development subsidiary explicitly for the purpose of erecting middle-class housing for managers and supervisors. These homes in Dearborn were completed in 1919.
- Model "C" House in the Ford Homes District, Dearborn, Michigan, 1919 - Edsel Ford and Ernest Liebold, Henry Ford's executive secretary, organized the Dearborn Realty and Construction Company in 1919. It built 250 houses in what became the Ford Homes District in Dearborn, Michigan. The houses were made in six different designs using standardized fixtures, which reduced construction time and costs. Priced around $6,500 to $8,000, the homes attracted white-collar Ford employees.
- October 18, 1919
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Model "C" House in the Ford Homes District, Dearborn, Michigan, 1919
Edsel Ford and Ernest Liebold, Henry Ford's executive secretary, organized the Dearborn Realty and Construction Company in 1919. It built 250 houses in what became the Ford Homes District in Dearborn, Michigan. The houses were made in six different designs using standardized fixtures, which reduced construction time and costs. Priced around $6,500 to $8,000, the homes attracted white-collar Ford employees.
- Employee Housing at Fordlandia, Brazil, 1930-1931 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
- 1930-1931
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Employee Housing at Fordlandia, Brazil, 1930-1931
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
- Employee Home with Garden at Belterra Rubber Plantation, Brazil, circa 1939 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
- circa 1939
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Employee Home with Garden at Belterra Rubber Plantation, Brazil, circa 1939
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
- Laborer's House at Fordlandia, Brazil, 1931 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
- August 15, 1931
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Laborer's House at Fordlandia, Brazil, 1931
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.