Workers assembling Ford tanks
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Description
View of workers assembling U.S. Army tanks at the Ford tank plant near Detroit, Michigan. Label on back: "From Ford News Bureau. John W. Thompson, Director. Administration Bldg., Dearborn, Mich. Ready for action. Part of a Ford tank-assembly line. All-Ford medium tank in foreground is ready to roll off line for proving grounds. The Ford Motor Company just revealed that it is in large-scale production of land dreadnaughts. Virtually every part of steel titan is Ford-made. Tanks are made in Ford tank plant near Detroit." Stamped on back: "Automotive Council for War Production."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na046999
- Subject:
- Tanks (Military science)--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Ford Motor Company
- Automobile industry workers--Michigan--Detroit
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 7.75 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/American Council for War Production,Tanks--Manufacture, 89:12
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.