Detroit Shell Company photograph album, 1918.

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Detroit Shell Company photograph album, 1918.

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One leather bound album of 93 photographs illustrating the Detroit Shell Company's manufacturng process, facilities and employees. Photos are seperated by paper pages with titles and captions. Embossed in gold on the cover is: Detroit Shell Co. / 1918 / Edsel B. Ford. Includes images of women working in the factory.

1 oversize box.

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Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943

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Edsel Ford's interests beyond automobiles and the automobile industry were broad and varied. He was president of the Arts Commission of the Detroit Institute of Arts, a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, and a trustee for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. He was a member of the Isle Royal National Park Commission, chairman of the board of the Detroit University School, and a director of the Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit. He was active in Ford Motor Company educatio...

Detroit Shell Company.

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The Detroit Shell Company manufactured 155 mm. high explosive artillery shell casings. The company was likely organized in the spring of 1917, and ceased production in 1919 following the Armistice; it appears in the 1918 and 1919 editions of the Detroit, Michigan City Directory. The factory was located on Carlton Avenue, two blocks south of Michigan Avenue, on Detroit's far west side. Edsel Ford served as treasurer of the company, and this album was presented to him and is inscribed with his nam...