Automatic Piston Pin Gauging and Sorting Machine Designed by Claude Harvard, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum, 1942
THF272866 / Automatic Piston Pin Gauging and Sorting Machine Designed by Claude Harvard, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum, 1942
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
15 January 1942
Subject Date
15 January 1942
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2018.0.4.P.188.51130
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 7.5 in
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article"An Honest Effort": Claude Harvard and Ford Motor Company
Learn the often-overlooked story of Black engineer Claude Harvard's contribution to the success of Henry Ford's V-8 engine—a machine that checked and sorted piston pins using radio waves to reduce rattling in the engines.