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Exhibits

McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 110

Item

Title
McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 110
Description
Caption: "Power Plant of the Ford Factory - Detroit," c. 1925. View of the power house at Ford's Highland Park Plant (considered to be the birthplace of the industrial assembly line). The plant's five smoke stacks have a "FORD" sign across them, flanked by two water towers.
Contributor
Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage
Detroit, Michigan
Date
1925
Format
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier
96-07-08-alb-09-110
Language
English
Publisher
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Rights
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source
Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject
Power House, Highland Park Plant (Ford), Detroit
Type
Still Image