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Photo ID
« on: Thursday 22 December 22 20:29 GMT (UK) »
Would someone from England,arriving to work in Massachusettes 1923/1926, have their photo taken for ID. My Grandfather went working there at Henry Ford Moters. I havn't got one photo of him so I was just hoping. Thanks

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Re: Photo ID
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 22 December 22 20:57 GMT (UK) »
Unlikely unless maybe Massachusetts driver's licenses had a photo.
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Re: Photo ID
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 22 December 22 21:18 GMT (UK) »
Thank You. I don't know if he was driving whilst there, although he did work at Fords.

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Re: Photo ID
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 22 December 22 21:35 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Erato on Thursday 22 December 22 20:57 GMT (UK)
Unlikely unless maybe Massachusetts driver's licenses had a photo.

Pretty sure driver's lic. didn't have photos until many years later.
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Re: Photo ID
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 22 December 22 22:08 GMT (UK) »
I'm not sure there was ever a Ford plant in Massachusetts, especially as early as the 1920s. There was a GM plant in Framingham, but I don't know when it opened - Google says it was there from 1947 to 1989.

Two stories might be combined here, like 1) he arrived in Boston and 2) he worked for Ford Motor. - Unless you know otherwise - I don't know what stage you are at in your search for this person.

If you don't find him in Mass., look in Michigan and surrounding states.

Regarding a picture - if he ever got a US passport, there might be a picture with the records. Or with a lengthy obituary, or if he made the news somehow in a big way.

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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 22 December 22 22:28 GMT (UK) »
Yes, thank you for the info. It's jogged my memory. He did go to Michigan to work. The records I found on Ancestry were his arrival, he must have gone on to Michigan.
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