Ford Homes District, Dearborn, Michigan, November 1919

Summary

Ford Motor Company's interest in employee loyalty went far beyond shop floor workers. Ford owned a great deal of land near Detroit and established a land development subsidiary explicitly for the purpose of erecting middle-class housing for managers and supervisors. These homes in Dearborn were completed in 1919.

Ford Motor Company's interest in employee loyalty went far beyond shop floor workers. Ford owned a great deal of land near Detroit and established a land development subsidiary explicitly for the purpose of erecting middle-class housing for managers and supervisors. These homes in Dearborn were completed in 1919.

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

15 November 1919

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

64.167.189.N.544.2

Credit

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

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 10 in

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