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- Women with Ice Boat and Ford Super Deluxe Fordor, February 1941 - Ford models received all-new styling for 1941. The longer wheelbase and wider body allowed for a larger interior. The three-piece grille featured a traditional center section with two smaller, secondary grilles at the sides. The popular V-8 remained, but Ford added a new six-cylinder engine to its lineup. Total production for the year topped 600,000 units.
- February 10, 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Women with Ice Boat and Ford Super Deluxe Fordor, February 1941
Ford models received all-new styling for 1941. The longer wheelbase and wider body allowed for a larger interior. The three-piece grille featured a traditional center section with two smaller, secondary grilles at the sides. The popular V-8 remained, but Ford added a new six-cylinder engine to its lineup. Total production for the year topped 600,000 units.
- Models with Ice Boat and Ford Super Deluxe Fordor in Publicity Photo, February 1941 - Ford models received all-new styling for 1941. The longer wheelbase and wider body allowed for a larger interior. The three-piece grille featured a traditional center section with two smaller, secondary grilles at the sides. The popular V-8 remained, but Ford added a new six-cylinder engine to its lineup. Total production for the year topped 600,000 units.
- February 10, 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Models with Ice Boat and Ford Super Deluxe Fordor in Publicity Photo, February 1941
Ford models received all-new styling for 1941. The longer wheelbase and wider body allowed for a larger interior. The three-piece grille featured a traditional center section with two smaller, secondary grilles at the sides. The popular V-8 remained, but Ford added a new six-cylinder engine to its lineup. Total production for the year topped 600,000 units.
- Ice Yachting, Lake Saint Clair, circa 1900 - 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 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Ice Yachting, Lake Saint Clair, circa 1900
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.
- Edsel Ford's Ice Racer, 1916 - Edsel Ford designed this unusual vehicle for racing on ice. The front tractor propeller pulled the vehicle forward. The engine, based on a Ford Motor Company unit, was mounted backward with its radiator facing the driver. This allowed for hand-cranking the engine without interference from the propeller. Speeds over 70 miles per hour were reported.
- February 01, 1916
- Collections - Artifact
Edsel Ford's Ice Racer, 1916
Edsel Ford designed this unusual vehicle for racing on ice. The front tractor propeller pulled the vehicle forward. The engine, based on a Ford Motor Company unit, was mounted backward with its radiator facing the driver. This allowed for hand-cranking the engine without interference from the propeller. Speeds over 70 miles per hour were reported.
- Henry Ford and Spider Huff Driving Arrow Racer on Lake Saint Clair, 1904 - On January 12, 1904, Henry Ford and his riding mechanic Ed "Spider" Huff set a world speed record of 91.37 miles per hour on a frozen Lake St. Clair, northeast of Detroit. The feat raised Ford Motor Company's profile, and the "Arrow" racer -- though referred to as the Ford "999" -- became a common subject in Ford advertisements.
- 1904
- Collections - Artifact
Henry Ford and Spider Huff Driving Arrow Racer on Lake Saint Clair, 1904
On January 12, 1904, Henry Ford and his riding mechanic Ed "Spider" Huff set a world speed record of 91.37 miles per hour on a frozen Lake St. Clair, northeast of Detroit. The feat raised Ford Motor Company's profile, and the "Arrow" racer -- though referred to as the Ford "999" -- became a common subject in Ford advertisements.