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- Celebrate Black History: Empowering Communities Year-Round with Ford Motor Company Fund - This month we are honored to share our Celebrate Black History Leadership Spotlight Series, presented by Ford Motor Company Fund. Throughout February you’ll hear from social innovators as they share their experiences and insights on empowerment as we reflect on the past and collaborate to build a better future for the next generation. Join us every Monday at 11 am as we Celebrate Black History. Today, our series features: Jarell Brown, Head of Analytics and Business Intelligence at The Henry Ford, Cynthia Jones, Director of Museum Experiences and Engagement at The Henry Ford, and Mydashia Hough, Manager of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at The Henry Ford.
- February 28, 2022
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Celebrate Black History: Empowering Communities Year-Round with Ford Motor Company Fund
This month we are honored to share our Celebrate Black History Leadership Spotlight Series, presented by Ford Motor Company Fund. Throughout February you’ll hear from social innovators as they share their experiences and insights on empowerment as we reflect on the past and collaborate to build a better future for the next generation. Join us every Monday at 11 am as we Celebrate Black History. Today, our series features: Jarell Brown, Head of Analytics and Business Intelligence at The Henry Ford, Cynthia Jones, Director of Museum Experiences and Engagement at The Henry Ford, and Mydashia Hough, Manager of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at The Henry Ford.
- Blind Fund, 1890-1915 - In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the <em>New York Herald</em>. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- 1890-1915
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Blind Fund, 1890-1915
In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the New York Herald. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- 1910 Ford Motor Company Sales Catalog, "Ford Motor Cars" - A Ford Model T graces the front of this 1910 sales catalog. The cover shows four people sitting comfortably in the car. Henry Ford's Model T was the first automobile big enough, good enough, and cheap enough for middle-class families.
- 1910
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1910 Ford Motor Company Sales Catalog, "Ford Motor Cars"
A Ford Model T graces the front of this 1910 sales catalog. The cover shows four people sitting comfortably in the car. Henry Ford's Model T was the first automobile big enough, good enough, and cheap enough for middle-class families.
- Ford Motor Company Checkbook, 1903 - Ford Motor Company's first checkbook, kept by Secretary James Couzens, shows the struggling company's transition. The bank account started with $14,500 on June 26, 1903. It sank to $223.65 by July 10 after 60 checks. Then on July 15, Ford sold its first car for $850. From then on, the balance kept increasing and the company was off and running.
- 26 June 1903-20 August 1903
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Ford Motor Company Checkbook, 1903
Ford Motor Company's first checkbook, kept by Secretary James Couzens, shows the struggling company's transition. The bank account started with $14,500 on June 26, 1903. It sank to $223.65 by July 10 after 60 checks. Then on July 15, Ford sold its first car for $850. From then on, the balance kept increasing and the company was off and running.
- Lunch at Ford Motor Company - Dive into photographs and documents from our archives to find out how workers at Ford Motor Company in the first half of the 20th century enjoyed lunch.
- January 20, 2022
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Lunch at Ford Motor Company
Dive into photographs and documents from our archives to find out how workers at Ford Motor Company in the first half of the 20th century enjoyed lunch.
- Ford Motor Company's Tot-Guard Car Seat, 1973 - American car manufacturers developed child restraints designed for crash protection in the late 1960s. One of the first was Ford's Tot-Guard, seen in this photograph. The seatbelt secured the padded shield and seat. This early and effective restraint was not widely used, however. Only with more stringent regulations, public education, and mandated use would children safely ride in automobiles.
- 1973
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Ford Motor Company's Tot-Guard Car Seat, 1973
American car manufacturers developed child restraints designed for crash protection in the late 1960s. One of the first was Ford's Tot-Guard, seen in this photograph. The seatbelt secured the padded shield and seat. This early and effective restraint was not widely used, however. Only with more stringent regulations, public education, and mandated use would children safely ride in automobiles.
- Ford Motor Company Garden, August 1944 -
- August 28, 1944
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Ford Motor Company Garden, August 1944
- Ford Motor Company Stockholders, June 1911 - Seven of Ford Motor Company's most prominent stockholders were pictured in this image from 1911. Over the following years, Henry Ford methodically and clandestinely bought up shares from minority stockholders until he obtained a controlling interest. When the task was finished in 1919, Mr. Ford at last had complete control of Ford Motor Company.
- June 01, 1911
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Ford Motor Company Stockholders, June 1911
Seven of Ford Motor Company's most prominent stockholders were pictured in this image from 1911. Over the following years, Henry Ford methodically and clandestinely bought up shares from minority stockholders until he obtained a controlling interest. When the task was finished in 1919, Mr. Ford at last had complete control of Ford Motor Company.
- Ford Motor Company Designers, 1944-1946 -
- 1944-1946
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Ford Motor Company Designers, 1944-1946
- Ford Motor Company "Whiz Kids," 1946 - When Henry Ford II became president of Ford Motor Company in 1945, the firm was in crisis after unsteady leadership by his ailing grandfather, Henry Ford. The younger Ford hired a group of ten U.S. Army Air Forces veterans experienced in leading-edge management techniques. These "Whiz Kids" helped transform the automaker from an outsized family business into a modern corporation.
- 1946
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Ford Motor Company "Whiz Kids," 1946
When Henry Ford II became president of Ford Motor Company in 1945, the firm was in crisis after unsteady leadership by his ailing grandfather, Henry Ford. The younger Ford hired a group of ten U.S. Army Air Forces veterans experienced in leading-edge management techniques. These "Whiz Kids" helped transform the automaker from an outsized family business into a modern corporation.