Henry Ford: Village Industries

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This Expert Set was compiled in 2013 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Henry Ford’s birth.

Map Showing Ford Motor Company Village Industries in Southeast Michigan and Ontario, Canada, 1942

Photographic print

In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford set up small-scale factories to supply Ford with needed tools and vehicle parts. He scattered these "Village Industries" throughout southeast Michigan usually along rivers. Ford employed local residents -- ideally farmers who could maintain their farms when not working at the factory. This map shows the factories Ford had created by 1942.