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Ford Industries, Dearborn, Michigan

Subjects
Aerial Views & PanoramasFactories & MillsManufacturing
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Ford Industries, Dearborn, Michigan, c. 1930 linen postcard
Front
Back of Ford Industries, Dearborn, Michigan, c. 1930 linen postcard
Back

About this subject

Aerial view of the Ford Industries complex in Dearborn, Michigan, showing factory buildings, smokestacks emitting smoke, a river or canal, and surrounding green grounds.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Hello My [illegible] the other [illegible] I hope you have lots to tell me when I see you I am missing your [illegible] very much. with lots of love your daddy

PublisherChaffee & Co.
Ford Industries, Dearborn, Mich. 4 --- The River Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company has an area of 1,096 acres, and employs about 175,000 [men in the] U. S. and Canada. PUB. BY CHAFFEE & CO., DETROIT, MICH. QUALITY VIEWS MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROTHERS, INC. BOSTON, MASS. 65798
PostmarkedDetroit, MI, August 17, 1939, 15:00
Stamp
Addressed to
[illegible] Svoboda

13615 Southview Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

Postcard record

Postmarked, Detroit, MI
Series4
ConditionVery good
Place addressed[illegible] Svoboda, 13615 Southview Ave., Cleveland, OH
Place depictedDearborn, MI
Place mentionedDearborn, MI
Place mentionedFord Motor Company, River Rouge Plant, River Rouge
PublisherDetroit, MI
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesLinen texture; printed number '4' at top right. Postmark: DETROIT, MICH. AUG 17 3-PM 1939. Divided-back linen card; large black ink stain at upper left obscuring part of message and address; 1c green Washington stamp.

Cite this card

Ford Industries, Dearborn, Michigan, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/ford-industries-dearborn-michigan. Accessed October 5, 2026.