Henry Ford and President Franklin Roosevelt Touring the Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1942
Title
Henry Ford and President Franklin Roosevelt Touring the Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1942
Creator
Unknown
Subject
United States, Michigan, Charter Township of Ypsilanti
Photographic prints
Photographs
Airplane factories
Defense Industries
United States presidents
World War, 1939-1945
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Sorensen, Charles E. (Charles Emil), 1881-1968
Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant
Photographic prints
Photographs
Airplane factories
Defense Industries
United States presidents
World War, 1939-1945
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Sorensen, Charles E. (Charles Emil), 1881-1968
Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant
Description
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant on September 18, 1942. The Roosevelts, accompanied by Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, and Charles Sorensen -- the production manager behind Willow Run's success -- toured the plant's massive interior in "Sunshine Special," the president's 1939 Lincoln limousine.
Contributor
Karsten Farris
Date
18 September 1942
Type
Photographic print
Format
Black-and-white (Colors)
Source
Benson Ford Research Center
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Henry Ford and President Franklin Roosevelt Touring the Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1942,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed November 22, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/4108.
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