[Immigrants in English class given by Training Service of the Department of Labor in Ford Motor Co. Factory, Detroit, Michigan] – Historic Print
![[Immigrants in English class given by Training Service of the Department of Labor in Ford Motor Co. Factory, Detroit, Michigan], [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8a/8a250871e115-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Immigrants in English class given by Training Service of the Department of Labor in Ford Motor Co. Factory, Detroit, Michigan]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Immigrants in English class given by Training Service of the Department of Labor in Ford Motor Co. Factory, Detroit, Michigan]
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Inside a Ford Motor Company plant in Detroit, immigrant workers sit in an English class run by the Department of Labor's training service. Dated between 1909 and 1932, the photograph captures a period when many newcomers from Europe took factory jobs in Michigan's auto industry, and when reformers and employers pushed English instruction as part of Americanization. It comes from the National Photo Company collection, and its orderly composition shows how companies and public agencies wanted such programs presented. The image links language training to factory work in the early auto age.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1932] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1940. |
| Notes | National Photo Company Collection. Treas. 46. |
| Subjects | Immigrants--Michigan--Detroit--1900-1940. Education--Michigan--Detroit--1900-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,108 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170158 |
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