Ford Motor Company Mack Avenue Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan, 1903
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After its founding in June 1903, Ford Motor Company set up shop in a factory on Detroit's Mack Avenue. There Ford employees assembled Model A cars from components made elsewhere. The budding company quickly outgrew its first home -- even after a second story was added to the building. Ford moved into a larger factory on Piquette Avenue in late 1904.
After its founding in June 1903, Ford Motor Company set up shop in a factory on Detroit's Mack Avenue. There Ford employees assembled Model A cars from components made elsewhere. The budding company quickly outgrew its first home -- even after a second story was added to the building. Ford moved into a larger factory on Piquette Avenue in late 1904.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1903
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.2630
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
Text printed below image reads: Ford Motor Co.'s New Assembling Plant. Attached typed sheet of paper reads: MACK AVE. PLANT IN 1903, FROM A 1903 / ISSUE OF CYCLE AND AUTO TRADE JOURNAL./ THIS IS THE SAME BUILDING AS IN THE MORE / FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPH WHICH SHOWS IT AFTER IT / WAS ENLARGED.
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