Worker Using Johansson Gauges in Machine Shop at Ford Motor Company Plant, July 1924
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Ford Motor Company's mass production methods depended on precision parts and tooling, and precision depended on exact measurements. Accuracy was so important that Henry Ford purchased C.E. Johansson, Inc. -- a Swedish company famous for its precision measuring instruments -- in 1923. Ford moved the company, complete with founder Carl Johansson, to Dearborn, Michigan.
Ford Motor Company's mass production methods depended on precision parts and tooling, and precision depended on exact measurements. Accuracy was so important that Henry Ford purchased C.E. Johansson, Inc. -- a Swedish company famous for its precision measuring instruments -- in 1923. Ford moved the company, complete with founder Carl Johansson, to Dearborn, Michigan.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
31 July 1924
Subject Date
31 July 1924
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.38319
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen Back
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 7.5 in
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