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- THF Conversations: Autonomous Vehicles - Solving Problems & Driving Changes - In honor of National Engineers Week at The Henry Ford, get expert answers to your questions about autonomous vehicles.
- February 28, 2021
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THF Conversations: Autonomous Vehicles - Solving Problems & Driving Changes
In honor of National Engineers Week at The Henry Ford, get expert answers to your questions about autonomous vehicles.
- Commemorating Early Air Mail Flights during National Air Mail Week, May 18, 1938 - Twenty years after the first regularly scheduled U.S. air mail service was established, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Postmaster General James A. Farley sponsored National Air Mail Week in 1938. Part celebration and part advertising, the event promoted the pricier service during the Great Depression. Cities throughout the country created their own special mail cachets and cancellations to mark the occasion.
- May 18, 1938
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Commemorating Early Air Mail Flights during National Air Mail Week, May 18, 1938
Twenty years after the first regularly scheduled U.S. air mail service was established, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Postmaster General James A. Farley sponsored National Air Mail Week in 1938. Part celebration and part advertising, the event promoted the pricier service during the Great Depression. Cities throughout the country created their own special mail cachets and cancellations to mark the occasion.
- Drawing, "Wrenches - Engineers Double End," Ford GP, July 25, 1941 - The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- July 25, 1941
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Drawing, "Wrenches - Engineers Double End," Ford GP, July 25, 1941
The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- Drawing, "Wrenches - Engineers Double End," Ford GP, January 23, 1941 - The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- January 23, 1941
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Drawing, "Wrenches - Engineers Double End," Ford GP, January 23, 1941
The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- Henry Ford Commemorating Early Air Mail Flights during National Air Mail Week, May 18, 1938 - Twenty years after the first regularly scheduled U.S. air mail service was established, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Postmaster General James A. Farley sponsored National Air Mail Week in 1938. Part celebration and part advertising, the event promoted the pricier service during the Great Depression. Cities throughout the country created their own special mail cachets and cancellations to mark the occasion.
- May 18, 1938
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Henry Ford Commemorating Early Air Mail Flights during National Air Mail Week, May 18, 1938
Twenty years after the first regularly scheduled U.S. air mail service was established, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Postmaster General James A. Farley sponsored National Air Mail Week in 1938. Part celebration and part advertising, the event promoted the pricier service during the Great Depression. Cities throughout the country created their own special mail cachets and cancellations to mark the occasion.
- Drawing, "Wrenches - Engineers Double End," Ford GP, February 10, 1942 - The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- February 10, 1942
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Drawing, "Wrenches - Engineers Double End," Ford GP, February 10, 1942
The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- Engineers with Frame for Soybean Plastic Car, August 1941 - At Henry Ford's direction, Ford Motor Company explored industrial uses for soybeans in the 1930s, and soy-based plastics were used in things like gear shift knobs and horn buttons. In 1941, the company built a car with a soy-plastic body. Beneath its exterior, the "soybean car" featured a tubular steel framework with a double-frame-rail chassis that strengthened the experimental automobile.
- August 25, 1941
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Engineers with Frame for Soybean Plastic Car, August 1941
At Henry Ford's direction, Ford Motor Company explored industrial uses for soybeans in the 1930s, and soy-based plastics were used in things like gear shift knobs and horn buttons. In 1941, the company built a car with a soy-plastic body. Beneath its exterior, the "soybean car" featured a tubular steel framework with a double-frame-rail chassis that strengthened the experimental automobile.
- Autonomous Vehicles - Solving Problems and Driving Changes - Join us for THF Conversation in honor of National Engineers Week, presented by Michigan Department of Transportation, with mobility experts from Arrow Electronics and Kettering University as they discuss the future and social impact of autonomous vehicles!
- April 13, 2021
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Autonomous Vehicles - Solving Problems and Driving Changes
Join us for THF Conversation in honor of National Engineers Week, presented by Michigan Department of Transportation, with mobility experts from Arrow Electronics and Kettering University as they discuss the future and social impact of autonomous vehicles!
- Henry Ford Commemorating Early Air Mail Flights during National Air Mail Week, May 18, 1938 - Twenty years after the first regularly scheduled U.S. air mail service was established, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Postmaster General James A. Farley sponsored National Air Mail Week in 1938. Part celebration and part advertising, the event promoted the pricier service during the Great Depression. Cities throughout the country created their own special mail cachets and cancellations to mark the occasion.
- May 15, 1918
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Henry Ford Commemorating Early Air Mail Flights during National Air Mail Week, May 18, 1938
Twenty years after the first regularly scheduled U.S. air mail service was established, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Postmaster General James A. Farley sponsored National Air Mail Week in 1938. Part celebration and part advertising, the event promoted the pricier service during the Great Depression. Cities throughout the country created their own special mail cachets and cancellations to mark the occasion.
- 1938 Air Mail Envelope Promoting National Air Mail Week and the Golden Gate International Exposition - Twenty years after the first regularly scheduled U.S. air mail service was established, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Postmaster General James A. Farley sponsored National Air Mail Week in 1938. Part celebration and part advertising, the event promoted the pricier service during the Great Depression. Cities throughout the country created their own special mail cachets and cancellations to mark the occasion.
- May 12, 1938
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1938 Air Mail Envelope Promoting National Air Mail Week and the Golden Gate International Exposition
Twenty years after the first regularly scheduled U.S. air mail service was established, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Postmaster General James A. Farley sponsored National Air Mail Week in 1938. Part celebration and part advertising, the event promoted the pricier service during the Great Depression. Cities throughout the country created their own special mail cachets and cancellations to mark the occasion.