Photographs showing on a Tuesday assembly line and loading for delivery of motors being created for Ford automobiles.
- Title (English):
- Photographs showing on a Tuesday assembly line and loading for delivery of motors being created for Ford automobiles.
- Collection:
- Early 20th Century Engineering Lantern Slides
- Set:
- Growth
- Agent:
- unknown
- Date:
- undated
- Location:
- Detroit, Michigan
- ID Number:
- RMA01151_b20_070
- Catalog Record:
- 2075312
- Collection Number:
- 16-5-1151
- File Name:
- RMA01151_b20_070.jpg
- Transcription:
- Tuesday 10:50 A.M. 5 About 10:50 o'clock the motor block is ready for the assembly line. Ford mechanics have reduced the time required for motor assembly to an average of 121 minutes. This includes everything, even an electrically controlled block test. Except for "running in" the motor to loosen it up everything is done "on the move." Tuesday 12:50 P.M. 6 The finished motor coming out over a trunk line conveyer is loaded into a freight car with the Eid of the device illustrated and shipped to a branch for assembly into a finished cars leave the plant day and night.
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Subject:
- automobile assembly
engines
motors
mass production
automobile factories - Description:
- Two photographs showing a typical Tuesday where Ford motor blocks are on an assembly line at 10:50am, and by 112:50pm are being loaded for delivery.
- Annotation:
- 13. Growth
- Notes:
- The digital images in this collection capture images as they appear within the slides in the physical collection. Any information found on slide mounts have been recorded in the Annotation field to provide context for how the slides were originally organized and used.
- Cite As:
- Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering records, #16-5-1151. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering records, 1917-2009
- Box:
- 20
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status of this item is undetermined. Efforts have been made to evaluate the item based on date of creation, publication status, potential creators, and potential rightsholders. The item was digitized at Cornell University Library in 2024 from physical holdings in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering records, 1917-2009, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. It is presented here by Cornell University Library under an assertion of fair use and the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections (http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright). The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu with any additional information or for questions about the collection.