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- Logs Pulled by a Fordson Tractor, Ford Lumbering Operations, Sidnaw, Michigan, 1926 - In 1919, Henry Ford began buying vast amounts of forestland in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. These prime hardwood forests supplied the lumber used to create vehicle bodies and parts. Other products such as railroad ties, shipping containers and chemical byproducts were also made -- all to support Ford's automobile operations and his goal of manufacturing self-sufficiency.
- February 11, 1926
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Logs Pulled by a Fordson Tractor, Ford Lumbering Operations, Sidnaw, Michigan, 1926
In 1919, Henry Ford began buying vast amounts of forestland in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. These prime hardwood forests supplied the lumber used to create vehicle bodies and parts. Other products such as railroad ties, shipping containers and chemical byproducts were also made -- all to support Ford's automobile operations and his goal of manufacturing self-sufficiency.
- Logging Operations with Tractor and Log Hauling Trailer, Michigan, 1925 - 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 built a large lumber camp in Sidnaw, where well-fed, well-dressed, and well-housed lumberjacks like this worker harvested mature trees. The wood would be made into automobile parts at a plant 65 miles southeast.
- June 02, 1925
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Logging Operations with Tractor and Log Hauling Trailer, Michigan, 1925
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 built a large lumber camp in Sidnaw, where well-fed, well-dressed, and well-housed lumberjacks like this worker harvested mature trees. The wood would be made into automobile parts at a plant 65 miles southeast.
- Thomas Sato, Part of the "Vagabonds" Support Crew, at a Camp Site in Sidnaw, Michigan, 1923 - Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. Numerous support staff set up and took down camp, cooked, took photographs, and maintained the cars and equipment trucks. Thomas Sato, an employee at Ford's Fair Lane estate, prepared meals for the Vagabonds and staff in 1923.
- 1923
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Thomas Sato, Part of the "Vagabonds" Support Crew, at a Camp Site in Sidnaw, Michigan, 1923
Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs embarked on a series of camping trips. They called themselves the Vagabonds, but they camped in style. Numerous support staff set up and took down camp, cooked, took photographs, and maintained the cars and equipment trucks. Thomas Sato, an employee at Ford's Fair Lane estate, prepared meals for the Vagabonds and staff in 1923.
- Chefs in Lumber Camp Kitchen, Sidnaw, Michigan, 1926 - Few jobs were as important in a lumber camp as that of a chef. The logger's work was physically demanding -- even in the mechanized 1920s -- and it generated an impressive appetite. Chefs prepared enormous quantities of food for every meal, and little of it went uneaten. Good food was vital to a lumber camp's morale and productivity.
- February 16, 1926
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Chefs in Lumber Camp Kitchen, Sidnaw, Michigan, 1926
Few jobs were as important in a lumber camp as that of a chef. The logger's work was physically demanding -- even in the mechanized 1920s -- and it generated an impressive appetite. Chefs prepared enormous quantities of food for every meal, and little of it went uneaten. Good food was vital to a lumber camp's morale and productivity.