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- Eugene Bordinat, Elwood P. Engel, and John Najjar at Wayne State University Exhibit, 1961 - Ford Motor Company designers Eugene Bordinat (right), Elwood Engel (center) and John Najjar (left) contributed to many of the memorable cars Ford produced in the 1950s and 1960s. Bordinat's credits included the Falcon and the Mustang. Engel oversaw the 1961 Lincoln Continental. Najjar supervised design of the Mustang I concept car.
- September 27, 1961
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Eugene Bordinat, Elwood P. Engel, and John Najjar at Wayne State University Exhibit, 1961
Ford Motor Company designers Eugene Bordinat (right), Elwood Engel (center) and John Najjar (left) contributed to many of the memorable cars Ford produced in the 1950s and 1960s. Bordinat's credits included the Falcon and the Mustang. Engel oversaw the 1961 Lincoln Continental. Najjar supervised design of the Mustang I concept car.
- State Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1901 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- 1901
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State Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1901
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Michigan Agricultural College, now Michigan State University, East Lansing, circa 1909 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- circa 1909
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Michigan Agricultural College, now Michigan State University, East Lansing, circa 1909
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- "Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City," 2010 - Cars have been blamed for many of Detroit's current economic and social problems. But the hard times it has been experiencing are, in fact, similar to those of other industrial cities. In this book, journalist John Gallagher lays out the premise that Detroit can use its rich legacy of innovation to propel itself into a more viable future.
- 2010
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"Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City," 2010
Cars have been blamed for many of Detroit's current economic and social problems. But the hard times it has been experiencing are, in fact, similar to those of other industrial cities. In this book, journalist John Gallagher lays out the premise that Detroit can use its rich legacy of innovation to propel itself into a more viable future.
- Engineering Our Future - In honor of National Engineers Week, our latest THF Conversation, supported by our partners at Arrow Components<a tabindex="0" href="https://www.youtube.com/@ArrowComponents" target="" force-new-state="true" data-sf-ec-immutable=""></a> and Astemo brought together business and education leaders as they shared their career experiences and talked about educating and empowering the next generation to engineer a better tomorrow.
- February 25, 2022
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Engineering Our Future
In honor of National Engineers Week, our latest THF Conversation, supported by our partners at Arrow Components and Astemo brought together business and education leaders as they shared their career experiences and talked about educating and empowering the next generation to engineer a better tomorrow.
- Soybean Car - Ford’s experiments with making plastic parts for automobiles out of soybeans in the early 1940s.
- January 01, 2016
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Soybean Car
Ford’s experiments with making plastic parts for automobiles out of soybeans in the early 1940s.
- Wayne Works Sales Brochure, "Wayne All Metal Section Bus Bodies," circa 1929 - Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana, had been building wood-bodied buses -- both for horse-drawn and motorized platforms -- for years when it converted to steel in the late 1920s. Steel bodies were safer and more comfortable for students, and they held up better under rigorous daily use. Faced with a shrinking school bus market in the 1980s, Wayne declared bankruptcy in 1992.
- circa 1929
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Wayne Works Sales Brochure, "Wayne All Metal Section Bus Bodies," circa 1929
Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana, had been building wood-bodied buses -- both for horse-drawn and motorized platforms -- for years when it converted to steel in the late 1920s. Steel bodies were safer and more comfortable for students, and they held up better under rigorous daily use. Faced with a shrinking school bus market in the 1980s, Wayne declared bankruptcy in 1992.
- Central High School, Detroit, Michigan -
- 1910-1915
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Central High School, Detroit, Michigan
- University Building, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
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University Building, circa 1880
- University Grounds, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
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University Grounds, circa 1880