Ford Motor Company Ship "East Indian" at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1926
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Henry Ford added the East Indian to his company's growing fleet of merchant vessels in early 1925. Ford had the ship refitted and two diesel engines installed. Too long to pass through the St. Lawrence River canal system, the ship joined Ford's two other ocean-going freighters in delivering vehicles and parts to Ford plants around the world.
Henry Ford added the East Indian to his company's growing fleet of merchant vessels in early 1925. Ford had the ship refitted and two diesel engines installed. Too long to pass through the St. Lawrence River canal system, the ship joined Ford's two other ocean-going freighters in delivering vehicles and parts to Ford plants around the world.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
28 January 1926
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.45295
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: 7.5 in
Width: 9.5 in
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