Fordson Tractors Lined Up Inside Building at Keating Spur, L'Anse, Michigan, 1926
THF103117 / Fordson Tractors Lined Up Inside Building at Keating Spur, L'Anse, Michigan, 1926
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Artifact Overview
In pursuit of self-sufficient automobile manufacture, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland for logging in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Here, workers pose at one of Ford's remote milling sites on Keweenaw Bay. Lumber harvested from the hardwood forests at L'Anse would be shipped out and made into parts for Ford automobiles.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
16 February 1926
Subject Date
16 February 1926
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.45944
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
Inscriptions
Handwritten in image, lower right corner: 45944 2-16-26
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SetFord in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
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In 1919, Henry Ford began buying vast amounts of forestland in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. These prime hardwood forests supplied the lumber used to create vehicle bodies and parts. Other products such as railroad ties, shipping containers and chemical byproducts were also made -- all to support Ford's automobile operations and his goal of manufacturing self-sufficiency.