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- Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--Atlanta Georgia--1914--Item45 - Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. This photograph, part of a series, documents the construction of the Atlanta, Georgia, assembly plant. The plant served as Ford's southeastern operations headquarters from 1915 to 1942.
- October 20, 1914
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Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--Atlanta Georgia--1914--Item45
Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. This photograph, part of a series, documents the construction of the Atlanta, Georgia, assembly plant. The plant served as Ford's southeastern operations headquarters from 1915 to 1942.
- Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--Atlanta Georgia--1914--Item46 - Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. This photograph, part of a series, documents the construction of the Atlanta, Georgia, assembly plant. The plant served as Ford's southeastern operations headquarters from 1915 to 1942.
- October 20, 1914
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Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--Atlanta Georgia--1914--Item46
Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. This photograph, part of a series, documents the construction of the Atlanta, Georgia, assembly plant. The plant served as Ford's southeastern operations headquarters from 1915 to 1942.
- Construction Progress, Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 25, 1924 - Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. Ford established a branch in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1914. Ten years later the company built a modern one-story assembly plant designed by Albert Kahn. Automobile assembly ceased at this plant in 1933.
- April 25, 1924
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Construction Progress, Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 25, 1924
Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. Ford established a branch in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1914. Ten years later the company built a modern one-story assembly plant designed by Albert Kahn. Automobile assembly ceased at this plant in 1933.
- Hallmark "Bob the Builder: Bob's Big Surprise" Christmas Ornament, 2007 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 2007
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Hallmark "Bob the Builder: Bob's Big Surprise" Christmas Ornament, 2007
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--Atlanta Georgia--1914--Item24 - Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. This photograph, part of a series, documents the construction of the Atlanta, Georgia, assembly plant. The plant served as Ford's southeastern operations headquarters from 1915 to 1942.
- August 08, 1914
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Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--Atlanta Georgia--1914--Item24
Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. This photograph, part of a series, documents the construction of the Atlanta, Georgia, assembly plant. The plant served as Ford's southeastern operations headquarters from 1915 to 1942.
- Construction of Wall Between Ford Motor Company Test Track and Greenfield Village (Village Road), October 1951 - Ford Motor Company opened a formal proving ground, located on the former site of Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, in the late 1930s. By the early 1950s, the facility included a water pit, a steep hill, and 11 miles of roadways with varying surfaces of concrete, cobblestone, macadam, gravel, and brick -- complete with potholes and simulated railroad crossings.
- October 18, 1951
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Construction of Wall Between Ford Motor Company Test Track and Greenfield Village (Village Road), October 1951
Ford Motor Company opened a formal proving ground, located on the former site of Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, in the late 1930s. By the early 1950s, the facility included a water pit, a steep hill, and 11 miles of roadways with varying surfaces of concrete, cobblestone, macadam, gravel, and brick -- complete with potholes and simulated railroad crossings.
- Construction Workers at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, August 3, 1942 -
- August 03, 1942
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Construction Workers at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, August 3, 1942
- Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--Atlanta Georgia--1914--Item4 - Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. This photograph, part of a series, documents the construction of the Atlanta, Georgia, assembly plant. The plant served as Ford's southeastern operations headquarters from 1915 to 1942.
- May 30, 1914
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Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--Atlanta Georgia--1914--Item4
Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. This photograph, part of a series, documents the construction of the Atlanta, Georgia, assembly plant. The plant served as Ford's southeastern operations headquarters from 1915 to 1942.
- Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--Atlanta Georgia--1914--Item28 - Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. This photograph, part of a series, documents the construction of the Atlanta, Georgia, assembly plant. The plant served as Ford's southeastern operations headquarters from 1915 to 1942.
- August 22, 1914
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Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--Atlanta Georgia--1914--Item28
Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. This photograph, part of a series, documents the construction of the Atlanta, Georgia, assembly plant. The plant served as Ford's southeastern operations headquarters from 1915 to 1942.
- Dismantling Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Menlo Park, New Jersey for Move to Greenfield Village, 1928 -
- 1928
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Dismantling Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Menlo Park, New Jersey for Move to Greenfield Village, 1928