Army-Navy "E" Production Award, Ford Motor Company Somerville Plant, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1944

Summary

Employees at Ford Motor Company's Somerville, Massachusetts, plant gathered for the Army-Navy "E" Award presentation ceremony in the summer of 1944. The prize honored factories that excelled in the production of war materiel and maintained exceptional labor relations during World War II. Only a small percentage of manufacturers earned the award.

Employees at Ford Motor Company's Somerville, Massachusetts, plant gathered for the Army-Navy "E" Award presentation ceremony in the summer of 1944. The prize honored factories that excelled in the production of war materiel and maintained exceptional labor relations during World War II. Only a small percentage of manufacturers earned the award.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

19 July 1944

Subject Date

19 July 1944

Collection Title

General Photographs Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.80285

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.188 in

Width: 11.188 in

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