Headlight Installation on Ford's Mercury Assembly Line, 1938
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Engineers at Ford's Highland Park plant had fine-tuned the moving assembly line. With this experience in hand, Ford created the B building at its new River Rouge complex with extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the flow of parts and assembly processes. Here, during final assembly, a line worker adjusts the newly installed headlight on a 1939 Mercury automobile.
Engineers at Ford's Highland Park plant had fine-tuned the moving assembly line. With this experience in hand, Ford created the B building at its new River Rouge complex with extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the flow of parts and assembly processes. Here, during final assembly, a line worker adjusts the newly installed headlight on a 1939 Mercury automobile.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
25 November 1938
Subject Date
25 November 1938
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.71108.G
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 in
Width: 11 in
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