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- Ford Motor Company Executives in Superintendent's Office at Highland Park Plant, 1914 - This photo might be titled "Busy men take a break from changing the world," because these are some of the key people who spawned the Ford Model T and mass production. Seated from left to right are Charles Sorensen, P. E. Martin, and William King. Standing, left to right are Clarence Avery, Harry Hickey, Gus Degener, and Charles Hartner. They are gathered in the office of Martin, who was in charge of Ford's massive Highland Park, Michigan, plant where Model Ts were made. Sorensen was his assistant and King was their clerk. Avery was the guiding light in the development of the moving assembly line. Degener oversaw the inspection department and had also done important work on the heat treating of metal parts, while Hartner was in charge of machine shop operations at Highland Park.
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Ford Motor Company Executives in Superintendent's Office at Highland Park Plant, 1914
This photo might be titled "Busy men take a break from changing the world," because these are some of the key people who spawned the Ford Model T and mass production. Seated from left to right are Charles Sorensen, P. E. Martin, and William King. Standing, left to right are Clarence Avery, Harry Hickey, Gus Degener, and Charles Hartner. They are gathered in the office of Martin, who was in charge of Ford's massive Highland Park, Michigan, plant where Model Ts were made. Sorensen was his assistant and King was their clerk. Avery was the guiding light in the development of the moving assembly line. Degener oversaw the inspection department and had also done important work on the heat treating of metal parts, while Hartner was in charge of machine shop operations at Highland Park.