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Ford River Rouge Plant, Dearborn, MI, 1939

Subjects
Aerial Views & PanoramasFactories & MillsManufacturing
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1939 (Linen)
Front of Ford River Rouge Plant, Dearborn, MI, 1939, c. 1939 linen postcard
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Back of Ford River Rouge Plant, Dearborn, MI, 1939, c. 1939 linen postcard
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About this postcard

An aerial view of the Ford River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan, shows long factory buildings, smokestacks trailing smoke, a waterway through the works, and green grounds at the edges. The printed caption identifies the site as the River Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company. By the late 1930s the Rouge was one of the largest integrated industrial works in the world, where ore, coal, and other raw materials arrived by ship and rail and moved through coke ovens, blast furnaces, and assembly lines to become finished automobiles. The scale of the plant dominates the surrounding 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
M[illegible] Svoboda

13615 Southview Ave: Cleveland, OH

Postcard record

Postmarked, Detroit, MI
PublisherChaffee & Co.
Series4 65798
ConditionVery good
Place addressedM[illegible] Svoboda, 13615 Southview Ave:, Cleveland, OH
Place depictedDearborn, MI
Place mentionedDearborn, MI
Place mentionedFord Motor Company, River Rouge Plant, River Rouge
PublisherChaffee & Co., Detroit, MI
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
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 River Rouge Plant, Dearborn, MI, 1939, postcard, c. 1939. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/ford-river-rouge-plant-dearborn-mi-1939. Accessed November 2, 2026.