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- Aerial View, B-24 Liberators Outside Hangar/Gas House at Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Plant, September 1945 - During World War II, Ford Motor Company built 8,685 B-24 Liberator bomber airplanes at its Willow Run plant. The massive Willow Run complex included a seven million square-foot main building, a hospital, worker housing, an airport, and numerous support structures like this hangar in which planes were fueled.
- September 01, 1945
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Aerial View, B-24 Liberators Outside Hangar/Gas House at Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Plant, September 1945
During World War II, Ford Motor Company built 8,685 B-24 Liberator bomber airplanes at its Willow Run plant. The massive Willow Run complex included a seven million square-foot main building, a hospital, worker housing, an airport, and numerous support structures like this hangar in which planes were fueled.
- Student Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan -
- 1931-1942
- Collections - Artifact
Student Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan
- Student Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan -
- 1931-1942
- Collections - Artifact
Student Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan
- Student Taking a Break from Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan -
- 1931-1942
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Student Taking a Break from Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan
- Students Sitting in the Shade at Willow Run School, Michigan -
- 1931-1942
- Collections - Artifact
Students Sitting in the Shade at Willow Run School, Michigan
- Student Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan -
- 1931-1942
- Collections - Artifact
Student Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan
- Student in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan -
- 1931-1942
- Collections - Artifact
Student in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan
- Student Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan -
- 1931-1942
- Collections - Artifact
Student Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan
- Student Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan -
- 1931-1942
- Collections - Artifact
Student Working in School Garden at Willow Run School, Michigan
- Construction of Willow Run Lodge, Housing for Willow Run Bomber Plant Workers, 1945 - The Willow Run area wasn't prepared to house many of the 42,000 workers who arrived when Ford Motor Company established its bomber plant there during World War II. In response, the federal government built Willow Run Lodge, an on-site dormitory complex that could accommodate 3,000 single women and men; and Willow Run Village, with 2,500 family housing units.
- 1945
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Construction of Willow Run Lodge, Housing for Willow Run Bomber Plant Workers, 1945
The Willow Run area wasn't prepared to house many of the 42,000 workers who arrived when Ford Motor Company established its bomber plant there during World War II. In response, the federal government built Willow Run Lodge, an on-site dormitory complex that could accommodate 3,000 single women and men; and Willow Run Village, with 2,500 family housing units.