[FORD MANUFACTURING AND MODELS FOR 1931] Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Map of Great Lakes region showing Ford Motor Co. holdings of raw material sources and plants - aerial view of glass plant in Wisconsin - map - village industrial plant at Green Island, New York - map - aerial view of steering wheel plant, Hamilton, Ohio - map - Iron Mountain plant - map, pointing to several locations - view of plant - smelter interior, bucket on overhead crane - bloom mill, workers, hot rods moving through mill - huge ingots stacked in plant yard - aerial view of industrial area, river, residential district - glass plant interior, workers removing sheets of glass from conveyor - cranes loading crates into ship at dock - coke on conveyor, ship in back-ground - laboratory, workers at tables - huge drafting room, workers pattern making department, workers at benches - view of metal testing machine - metal twisting machines in operation - chemical laboratory, worker placing samples into small furnaces, bottles, test tubes with bubbling liquid, close-up of microbalance, workers hands using microbalance - machine forging crankshaft, workers - worker measuring crankshaft on machine, examining metal through microscope, testing balance of crankshaft on machine - worker measuring polished crankshafts, another worker testing gauges - workers operating metal polishing machinery - finished crankshaft - close-up of several different small parts on table - views of different gear boxes with cutaway sections showing gear action - weighing, measuring, machining pistons - polishing, drilling, metal machining machinery in operation - assembly line, workers, parts on conveyors - crane scooping dirt into Ford dump trucks, truck dumping load - Ford semi-trailer truck loaded with logs on rough dirt road, paved highway - workers in plant yard - shipping department, stacks of crates, crates on conveyors - men and women workers in office, using typewriter, check writer, close-up of check - pay master handing out envelopes, workers filing past window - world map showing Ford locations, pointer moving to various spots - plant interior, final inspection, workers - views of different 1931 model cars including: Deluxe Coupe, Standard Coupe, Cabriolet, Roadster, Sport Coupe, Tudor Sedan, Town Sedan, Fordor Sedan, Deluxe Sedan, Deluxe Phaeton, Station Wagon. “The End.” [1930]
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