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- Condensite in the Automotive Industry, March 1922 - Chemically synthetic plastics were developed in the early 1900s to replace shellac and hard rubber -- naturally derived substances increasingly in demand for various industrial applications. The Condensite Company of America formed in 1910 to sell a new material first developed at Thomas Edison's West Orange laboratory for phonograph records. Durable and nonconductive, Condensite was well suited for automotive components.
- March 01, 1922
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Condensite in the Automotive Industry, March 1922
Chemically synthetic plastics were developed in the early 1900s to replace shellac and hard rubber -- naturally derived substances increasingly in demand for various industrial applications. The Condensite Company of America formed in 1910 to sell a new material first developed at Thomas Edison's West Orange laboratory for phonograph records. Durable and nonconductive, Condensite was well suited for automotive components.
- Magazine, "Motor," January 1924 - <em>Motor</em> magazine was filled with useful information for car owners. In this issue is an ad for the "Safe-T-Arm," a device to help drivers indicate whether they were going to turn left or right, drive forward -- or stop. It was one of many signaling systems on the market. In the early 1920s, hand or mechanical signals were not legally required of drivers!
- January 01, 1924
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Magazine, "Motor," January 1924
Motor magazine was filled with useful information for car owners. In this issue is an ad for the "Safe-T-Arm," a device to help drivers indicate whether they were going to turn left or right, drive forward -- or stop. It was one of many signaling systems on the market. In the early 1920s, hand or mechanical signals were not legally required of drivers!
- Inside the Ford Rouge Plant Pressed Steel Building, Conveyors Moving New Parts to Body Assembly Area, 1940 - The pressed-steel building at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant produced steel components like automobile fenders, body panels, and roof sections. In the late 1930s, the building had more than 4,000 presses, and 10,000 workers turned out more than 2,000 different parts. Some of those parts were used at the Rouge, and some were shipped to other Ford assembly plants.
- February 08, 1940
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Inside the Ford Rouge Plant Pressed Steel Building, Conveyors Moving New Parts to Body Assembly Area, 1940
The pressed-steel building at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant produced steel components like automobile fenders, body panels, and roof sections. In the late 1930s, the building had more than 4,000 presses, and 10,000 workers turned out more than 2,000 different parts. Some of those parts were used at the Rouge, and some were shipped to other Ford assembly plants.
- Piston Pin Inspection Machine, January 1937 -
- January 15, 1937
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Piston Pin Inspection Machine, January 1937
- Piston Pin Inspection Machine, March 1936 -
- March 20, 1936
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Piston Pin Inspection Machine, March 1936
- Electric Pin Sorting Machine Built by Students of Henry Ford Trade School, September 1932 -
- September 13, 1932
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Electric Pin Sorting Machine Built by Students of Henry Ford Trade School, September 1932
- Electric Pin Sorting Machine Built by Students of Henry Ford Trade School, September 1932 -
- September 13, 1932
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Electric Pin Sorting Machine Built by Students of Henry Ford Trade School, September 1932
- Close-up of Piston Pin Inspection Machine Parts, January 1935 -
- January 24, 1935
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Close-up of Piston Pin Inspection Machine Parts, January 1935
- Speedway Motors Auto Street Rod Holiday Gift Catalog, 2010 - If you don't know what to get that hot rodder who has everything, peruse this 2010 holiday gift catalog. Companies make it easy to buy custom parts.
- 2010
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Speedway Motors Auto Street Rod Holiday Gift Catalog, 2010
If you don't know what to get that hot rodder who has everything, peruse this 2010 holiday gift catalog. Companies make it easy to buy custom parts.
- CAR Corporation Sales Literature and Order Form, circa 1972 -
- circa 1972
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CAR Corporation Sales Literature and Order Form, circa 1972