Young Women at the Abraham Lincoln Statue outside the Ford Motor Company Lincoln Plant, 1944
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When Henry Leland established Lincoln Motor Company, with his son Wilfred, in 1917, he named it after the first man for whom he cast a presidential ballot: Abraham Lincoln. Leland named his earlier firm, Cadillac Automobile Company, after the French explorer who founded Detroit. Henry Leland possessed a rare humility -- he formed two successful car companies and named neither after himself.
When Henry Leland established Lincoln Motor Company, with his son Wilfred, in 1917, he named it after the first man for whom he cast a presidential ballot: Abraham Lincoln. Leland named his earlier firm, Cadillac Automobile Company, after the French explorer who founded Detroit. Henry Leland possessed a rare humility -- he formed two successful car companies and named neither after himself.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
29 November 1944
Subject Date
29 November 1944
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.81000
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10.938 in
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