Newspaper Article, "Gold Rush is Started by Ford's $5 Offer," January 7, 1914
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Ford's $5 Day was huge news across the country. Never before had any employer offered this much money for unskilled work. The plan came with numerous strings attached, including rather intrusive company investigations to insure that workers would not spend their money on riotous living (as defined by Ford Motor Company) but workers accepted the intrusion because the money was so good.
Ford's $5 Day was huge news across the country. Never before had any employer offered this much money for unskilled work. The plan came with numerous strings attached, including rather intrusive company investigations to insure that workers would not spend their money on riotous living (as defined by Ford Motor Company) but workers accepted the intrusion because the money was so good.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
07 January 1914
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.D.507
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: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in
Inscriptions
Printed headline: 'GOLD RUSH' / IS STARTED / BY FORD'S / $5 OFFER / Thousands of Men Seek Em / ployment in Detroit Factory. / Will Distribute $10,000,000 in / Semi-Monthly Bonuses. No Employe (sic) to Receive Less / Than Five Dollars a Day. / (TIMES-STAR SPECIAL DISPATCH) / DETROIT, Mich., January 7. / -- Henry Ford in an interview to-
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