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Heres one I have not seen-----have you?

In the photo of a yard full of chassis the caption tells us of 1916 production. But the cars shown are earlier, not 1915 or 1916. What are they? 1913? 1914?

Steve Jelf wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 25, 2024 1:17 pm

In the photo of a yard full of chassis the caption tells us of 1916 production. But the cars shown are earlier, not 1915 or 1916. What are they? 1913? 1914?



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I remember i saw a picture similar to this, but it was with all of the workers in front of the ford plant. It was used for many years and each time they changed supposed number of employees shown, but used the same picture.
I want to say it was on the back cover of one of the T magazines?
They probably did something similar with the chassis, took an impressive picture to wow the public, and used it for more than one year.

The five dollar day with the three eight hour shifts was announced in January 1914. My guess is the photo would be mid year 1914 after the weather warmed.