Ford Highland Park Tank Plant assembly line

Photograph

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Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society

Name/Title

Ford Highland Park Tank Plant assembly line

Entry/Object ID

2012.32.16

Tags

Sherman Tank FOV

Description

Ford Highland Park Tank Plant assembly line, showing M4A3 75MM VVSS Shermans on right and M10A1 Tank Destroyers on left.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Ford Highland Park Tank Plant

Subject Place

City

Highland Park

Country

Wayne County

State/Province

Michigan

* Untyped Subject Place

United States

Cataloged By

Chris Causley

Acquisition

Accession

2012.32

Acquisition Method

Donation

Source (if not Accessioned)

Chris Causley

Made/Created

Studio

Food Machinery Corporation

Date made

circa 1943

Time Period

World War Two

Place

City

Highland Park

Country

Wayne County

State/Province

Michigan

* Untyped Place

United States

Location

Location

Binder

Folder PH-1 Vehicles

Shelf

Archive Room Shelf D

Room

Archive room

Category

Archive

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ford Motor Company, Ford Highland Park Tank Plant

Related Places

Place

City

Highland Park

Country

Wayne County

State/Province

Michigan

* Untyped Place

United States

Research Notes

Research Type

Curator

Person

Chris Causley

Date

Dec 29, 2023

Notes

Gambling History - Gambling Sympathy Strike 1943 A site protection officer disciplined nine workers for shooting dice in a restroom and instructed them to report to the labor relations officer. This happened during the night shift at the Ford Motor Co. tank assembly facility at Highland Park in Detroit, Mich. (in photo), on a Friday night in April, during World War II. Four of the men, instead, fomented a sympathy strike, causing a 2:45 a.m. shutdown. During the morning of the day shift, another 4,200 employees refused to work. Union officials pleaded with them to return to the job, which they did, by noon.