Big Bay Sawmill and Surrounding Buildings From the Water at Big Bay, Michigan, circa 1930
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In pursuit of self-sufficient automobile manufacture, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland for logging in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ford established remote milling sites in several places, but Big Bay was unique. In 1943, Henry Ford purchased not only the sawmill and power plant, but nearly every other building in town.
In pursuit of self-sufficient automobile manufacture, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland for logging in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ford established remote milling sites in several places, but Big Bay was unique. In 1943, Henry Ford purchased not only the sawmill and power plant, but nearly every other building in town.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1930
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.270.28
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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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