Ford Motor Company Corporate Tree, circa 1945
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Ford Motor Company's global reach was vividly illustrated in this "corporate tree" from about 1945. Ford's first factories in and around Detroit represent the tree's roots. The massive Rouge Plant forms the mighty trunk. Sprawling branches symbolize Ford's manufacturing and sales operations in the United States and around the world.
Ford Motor Company's global reach was vividly illustrated in this "corporate tree" from about 1945. Ford's first factories in and around Detroit represent the tree's roots. The massive Rouge Plant forms the mighty trunk. Sprawling branches symbolize Ford's manufacturing and sales operations in the United States and around the world.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1945
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.1845
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Caption in bottom of image reads: THE PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF MODERN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT./ HERE IS ILLUSTRATED THE GROWTH OF THE PLANT FROM ITS INCEPTION IN THE SMALL SHOP IN WHICH HENRY FORD BUILT HIS FIRST CAR, / TO THE ROUGE PLANT. THE LARGEST INDUSTRIAL UNIT IN THE WORLD, FROM WHICH BRANCHES EXTEND TO EVERY CORNER OF THE EARTH. /
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