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Accession 833 Finding Aid for GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS SERIES, 1913-1954 Accession 833 Finding Aid Published: February 2012 Electronic conversion of this finding aid was funded by a grant from the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET) http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us 20900 Oakwood Boulevard ∙ Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 USA [email protected] ∙ www.thehenryford.org Ford Motor Company Photographs collection Photographic Department (Ford Motor Company) photographs subgroup General Photographs Series Accession 833 OVERVIEW REPOSITORY: Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Blvd Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 www.thehenryford.org [email protected] ACCESSION NUMBER: 833 CREATOR: Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department. TITLE: General Photographs series INCLUSIVE DATES: 1913-1954 QUANTITY: 178 linear ft. LANGUAGE: The materials are in English. ABSTRACT: Ford Motor Company photographers recorded the company’s manufacturing work and contributions to innovation around the nation and world. This series contains photographic prints and negatives created by the company’s first photographic department. Page 2 of 38 Ford Motor Company Photographs collection Photographic Department (Ford Motor Company) photographs subgroup General Photographs Series Accession 833 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: The photographs are open for research. Negatives are restricted. COPYRIGHT: Copyright has been transferred to the Henry Ford by the donor. Copyright for some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator(s). ACQUISITION: Ford Motor Company Archives donation, 1964 RELATED MATERIAL: Related material held by The Henry Ford: Part of the Photographic Department (Ford Motor Company) photographs subgroup, which includes: - Photographic Library records series, Acc. 1685 - Ford Rotunda Lantern Slides series, Acc. 1182 - Renovated Assembly Plants photographs series, Acc. 696 - Northern Michigan Operations photographs series, Acc. 270 - World’s Fair photographs series, Acc. 232 - Photographs for Ford News Bureau album series, Acc. 1505 - Plant Engineering Construction photographs series, Acc. 721 PREFERRED CITATION: Item, folder, box, accession 833, General Photograph series, Benson Ford Research Center, The Henry Ford PROCESSING INFORMATION: Collection processed by Ford Motor Company Archives staff, April, 1964 DESCRIPTION INFORMATION: Original collection inventory list prepared by Ford Motor Company Archives staff, April 1964, and published in April 1964. Finding aid prepared by Benson Ford Research Center staff, February, 2012 and published in February 2012. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) and local guidelines. Page 3 of 38 Ford Motor Company Photographs collection Photographic Department (Ford Motor Company) photographs subgroup General Photographs Series Accession 833 HISTORICAL NOTE Photographers for the Ford Motor Company Photographic Department recorded the company's evolution as an automotive manufacturer and the company's contributions to a revolutionary era of discovery and invention. They traveled throughout the country depicting branch plants and throughout the world documenting the company's expansion abroad. Photographers captured on motion picture and still film processes for acquiring raw materials as well as the air, sea, and land network of transportation that connected raw material with the manufacturing plants; all phases of production in two world wars; and company officials, employees, and visiting dignitaries. Negatives that photographers produced were arranged in a straight sequence of numbers beginning with number 1. Photographic prints were mounted on linen and albums were created that filed images into subject groupings. While no identification was recorded on the print beyond negative number, the negative log was used to record a brief description and date. Individual photographers were not listed in the log or with the image until the 1940s, but a photographer's name was often written on the envelope housing the negative. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The series is comprised of photographic prints and negatives created by the Ford Motor Company's first photographic department. Subjects cover all company activities from 1913 to 1954, with an emphasis on products, plants, and manufacturing processes. The photographic prints, arranged by topic, were removed from albums by archivists and housed in acid free folders; original topical order (non-alphabetical) was maintained. Subjects include Ford Motor Company plants, both foreign and domestic; manufacturing processes for Ford, Lincoln and Mercury automobiles; significant runs of trucks, buses, and tractors; the production of war material including airplanes, boats, munitions and vehicles; photographs of engineering parts drawings, production and instruction manuals; company visitors; personnel and employees including union activities; Ford Motor Company related schools such as apprentice schools, trade schools, army, navy, and air training schools; and images of Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, the Ford grandchildren, and the Ford Fair Lane estate. The series also includes a small run of photographs of a Ford plant in Mexico City that are attributed to Frida Kahlo (see Box 1), and images of Diego Rivera working on the Detroit industry murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts (see Box 322). Negatives are arranged chronologically by negative number; a negative log briefly identifies individual photographs. Researchers should note that a large number of the images in this series were copied, and that copies were filed in Accession 1660, Photographic Prints Vertical File series. Page 4 of 38 Ford Motor Company Photographs collection Photographic Department (Ford Motor Company) photographs subgroup General Photographs Series Accession 833 ARRANGEMENT The photographic prints are arranged by topic in the non-alphabetical order established by the photographic department. Folder numbers correspond to the original album numbers. Negatives are not included in the container list. SUBJECT TERMS Names, Personal and Corporate Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. Ford family Kahlo, Frida, 1907- Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957 Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department. Ford Motor Company. Highland Park Plant Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant. Ford Motor Company. Marine operations. Ford Motor Company--Buildings. Ford Motor Company--Employees. Ford Motor Company--Executives. Henry Ford (Organization) Ford Village Industries. Henry Ford Trade School. Dearborn Inn (Dearborn, Mich.) Detroit Institute of Arts Ford Fleet. Ford Rotunda (Dearborn, Mich.) Henry Ford Hospital. Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) Subjects Assembly line methods Automobile industry and trade Automobile industry workers Automobile factories Automobile dealers Aircraft industry Factories--Design and construction Aircraft industry Airplanes Buses Page 5 of 38 Ford Motor Company Photographs collection Photographic Department (Ford Motor Company) photographs subgroup General Photographs Series Accession 833 Subjects (continued): Ford automobile Lincoln automobile Mercury automobile Cargo ships Industry and education Industrial buildings Photographers Power-plants Radio--History Rubber industry and trade Service stations Soybean products Tractors Trucks Vehicles, Military Women automobile industry workers African American automobile industry workers Genre and Form Photographs. Photographic prints Portraits. Group portraits. Negatives (Photographic) Page 6 of 38 Ford Motor Company Photographs collection Photographic Department (Ford Motor Company) photographs subgroup General Photographs Series Accession 833 CONTAINER LIST Box no. Description Box 1 Foreign branches Argentina--Buenos Aires (1a) Argentina--Cordoba through Brazil--Sao Paulo (1b) Brazil--Matto Grosso through Sao Paulo (1c) Brazil--Sao Paulo (1d) Chile through Cuba (2a) Mexico--Mexico City--Uruguay (2b; includes images inscribed "Kahlo, foto") Canada (2c) Box 2 Europe--Belgium-Denmark (2d) Europe--England--Dagenham through France--Bordeaux (3a) Europe--France (Paris-Strasbourg) (3b) Europe--Germany-Greece (3c) Europe--Holland-Sweden (3d) Box 3 Africa, Asia, Australia, Turkey (4a) Cork, Ireland (5 folders, 5a - 5e) Box 4 Domestic branches Foreign branches (Mr. Sorenson) (6a) Domestic branches (Mr. Sorenson) (6b) Alexandria-Buffalo (7a) Cambridge-Chester (7b) Chester (7c) Box 5 Chester branch (8a) Chicago branch (2 folders, 8b and 9a) Cincinnati-Columbus (9b) Dallas-Detroit (10a) Box 6 Edgewater branch (10b) Fargo-Indianapolis (11a) Jacksonville branch (11b) Kansas City-Long Beach (11c) Los Angeles-Louisville (12a) Memphis branch (12b) Box 7 Memphis (12c) Metuchen-New Orleans (13a) Norfolk-Oklahoma (13b) Omaha-Pittsburgh (13c) Page 7 of 38 Ford Motor Company Photographs collection Photographic Department (Ford Motor Company) photographs subgroup General Photographs Series Accession 833 Richmond-Seattle (14a) Somerville (14b) Box 8 Somerville Plant (3 folders, 14c - 15a) Box 9 Twin Cities branch (6 folders, 15b - 16b) Box 10 Twin Cities branch-Unidentified (16c) War time operations-Washington Branch (16d) Michigan branches Alpena (17a) Big Bay Plant (2 folders, 17b and 17c) Box 11 Big Bay Plant (2 folders, 18a and 18b) Iron Mountain (3 folders, 18c - 19b) Keating Spur-L’Anse (19c) Box 12 Michigamme-Munising (19d) Peguamining (20a) Sidnaw (20b) Ypsilanti (20c) Furnaces, manufacturing (2 folders, 21a and 21b) Box 13 Furnaces,
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