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- Lydia O'Dette Machining Tank Engine Parts, Ford Rouge Plant "B" Building, July 1943 -
- July 19, 1943
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Lydia O'Dette Machining Tank Engine Parts, Ford Rouge Plant "B" Building, July 1943
- Milling Machines at the Fort Wayne Electrical Corporation, circa 1894 - Established in 1881, the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation manufactured arc lamps, dynamos, and other lighting and electrical equipment. By 1894, the company had survived financial difficulties, a corporate reorganization, and a recent name change. Aided by well-respected electricians, engineers, and inventors, the Indiana company expanded and increased its production efforts. This photograph shows the belt-driven machinery located inside its factory.
- circa 1894
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Milling Machines at the Fort Wayne Electrical Corporation, circa 1894
Established in 1881, the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation manufactured arc lamps, dynamos, and other lighting and electrical equipment. By 1894, the company had survived financial difficulties, a corporate reorganization, and a recent name change. Aided by well-respected electricians, engineers, and inventors, the Indiana company expanded and increased its production efforts. This photograph shows the belt-driven machinery located inside its factory.
- Machine Tools in the Automobile Service Area, Ford Highland Park Plant, 1931 - In 1921, Ford Motor Company added a Sales and Service Building to its Highland Park plant. The four-story, 54,000-square-foot structure was designed by industrial architect Albert Kahn. It included office space and a first-floor showroom, as well as extensive maintenance, repair, and paint shop facilities. A single-story executive parking garage sat immediately behind the building.
- April 30, 1931
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Machine Tools in the Automobile Service Area, Ford Highland Park Plant, 1931
In 1921, Ford Motor Company added a Sales and Service Building to its Highland Park plant. The four-story, 54,000-square-foot structure was designed by industrial architect Albert Kahn. It included office space and a first-floor showroom, as well as extensive maintenance, repair, and paint shop facilities. A single-story executive parking garage sat immediately behind the building.
- Model of Menlo Park Machine Shop Built for the New York World's Fair, Set Up inside Henry Ford Museum, March 31, 1939 - Henry Ford firmly believed in the "practical educational value" of World's Fair exhibits. To help accomplish his education mission during the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, he highlighted the work of students attending his experimental schools. Here, boys from Henry Ford's Edison Institute Schools operated miniature machine replicas based on Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Machine Shop.
- March 31, 1939
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Model of Menlo Park Machine Shop Built for the New York World's Fair, Set Up inside Henry Ford Museum, March 31, 1939
Henry Ford firmly believed in the "practical educational value" of World's Fair exhibits. To help accomplish his education mission during the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, he highlighted the work of students attending his experimental schools. Here, boys from Henry Ford's Edison Institute Schools operated miniature machine replicas based on Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Machine Shop.
- Part of the Ford Exhibit, Ford Building, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935 - Through the 1930s, Ford Motor Company poured resources into exhibitions at regional and world's fairs. Henry Ford believed strongly in the educational value of such displays, and a corporate presence at the fairs benefitted public relations. Ford's popular exhibits and demonstrations -- pictured here in the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition Ford Building -- generated lots of publicity.
- 1935
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Part of the Ford Exhibit, Ford Building, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935
Through the 1930s, Ford Motor Company poured resources into exhibitions at regional and world's fairs. Henry Ford believed strongly in the educational value of such displays, and a corporate presence at the fairs benefitted public relations. Ford's popular exhibits and demonstrations -- pictured here in the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition Ford Building -- generated lots of publicity.
- Advertising Poster, "Conquest 42, Hardinge Has Met Your Challenge. Introducing the American Workhorse," 1988 -
- 1988
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Advertising Poster, "Conquest 42, Hardinge Has Met Your Challenge. Introducing the American Workhorse," 1988
- Jones & Lamson Numerically Controlled Turret Lathe, 1964 -
- 1964
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Jones & Lamson Numerically Controlled Turret Lathe, 1964
- Jones & Lamson Tape Control Positioning, 1959 -
- 1959
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Jones & Lamson Tape Control Positioning, 1959
- Time Studies as a Basis for Rate Setting as Developed in the Taylor System of Management, 1919 -
- 1919
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Time Studies as a Basis for Rate Setting as Developed in the Taylor System of Management, 1919
- Meter Manufacturing at the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation, circa 1894 - Established in 1881, the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation manufactured arc lamps, dynamos, and other lighting and electrical equipment. By 1894, the company had survived financial difficulties, a corporate reorganization, and a recent name change. Aided by well-respected electricians, engineers, and inventors, the Indiana company expanded and increased its production efforts. This photograph shows the area were electrical meters were made.
- circa 1894
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Meter Manufacturing at the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation, circa 1894
Established in 1881, the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation manufactured arc lamps, dynamos, and other lighting and electrical equipment. By 1894, the company had survived financial difficulties, a corporate reorganization, and a recent name change. Aided by well-respected electricians, engineers, and inventors, the Indiana company expanded and increased its production efforts. This photograph shows the area were electrical meters were made.