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Rouge
Pictured in Its Prime
Covering the Years 1917-1940
Ford R. Bryan
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When
Ford Motor Company was formed in 1903, its primary assembly plant was a wooden
one-story wagon shop, but as the auto manufacturer grew, so did its factories.
By 1917, building on his experience with the Piquette and Highland Park plants,
Henry Ford began constructing his ultimate vision of an efficient and effective
industrial complex on the banks of the Rouge River. In its time, "The
Rouge," as Detroiters called it, was the largest integrated automobile
factory in the world.
Rouge: Pictured in Its Prime,
featuring 389 photographs taken within 45 different departments of the
Rouge by Ford photographers from 1918 to 1940, provides a realistic portrait
of buildings, machinery, and employees at work during a twenty-two year
period. In the accompanying text, Ford R. Bryan chronicles the history
of the Rouge plant, from its earliest conception to its future in the 21st
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"It
is always a pleasure to learn that a record is being set straight or a story
is being told that has not been heard completely. It is an even greater pleasure
when one discovers that it is done with style, accuracy, and great visual
appeal. Ford Bryan's new book, Rouge: Pictured
in Its Prime, is just this sort of historical
presentation. The story of Ford Motor Company's world-famous Rouge factory
has been told in footnotes and photo essays, but never in the kind of detail
presented by Mr. Bryan. . . . Rouge: Pictured
in Its Prime joins a solid shelf of equally
fine books by Ford Bryan that document the many facets, friends, and activities
of Henry Ford." —William Clay Ford
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