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Aerial of Ford Motor Plant from southeast, Seattle, 1932
Aerial of Ford Motor Plant from southeast, Seattle, 1932
TitleAerial of Ford Motor Plant from southeast, Seattle, 1932
PhotographerLaidlaw, Charles
Date1932
CaptionPhotographer Charles Laidlaw made this view of the second Ford factory from about 800 feet above the Duwamish industrial area. Seattle's newest producer of Fords built only a few thousand cars before the Great Depression stopped the assembly line. The building was later used as a sales and service facility; in 1942 it was sold to the federal government.
NotesCaption on image: Photo by Chas. Laidlaw.

Handwritten on sleeve: Ford Motor Plant 1932.

Caption information source: MOHAI Ford exhibit.
SubjectsAutomobile industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Factories--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bodies of water--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Duwamish River (Wash.)
Puget Sound (Wash.)
Elliott Bay (Wash.)
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1983.10.18041.2
Ordering InformationTo order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph.
Credit LinePEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionPEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 nitrate negative: b&w; 5 x 7 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
Photographer's Reference Number13532
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