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- 1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "Mountains of Raw Material" - In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the <em>Saturday Evening Post</em> and <em>Country Gentleman</em> magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. Here a desolate landscape of iron ore stored at the Rouge plant underscores the company's commitment to basic manufacturing processes.
- 1924
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1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "Mountains of Raw Material"
In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. Here a desolate landscape of iron ore stored at the Rouge plant underscores the company's commitment to basic manufacturing processes.
- Thomas Edison at the Edison Ore-Milling Company Office, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, 1895 - During the 1890s, Thomas Edison launched a New Jersey mining operation to address an iron ore shortage. He designed rock-crushing technology and an electromagnetic ore separator to extract low-grade ore from crushed boulders. The final product -- a briquette made of powdered iron ore -- didn't do well commercially, especially after high-grade ore was discovered around Lake Superior. In 1899, Edison left the industry.
- February 14, 1930
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Thomas Edison at the Edison Ore-Milling Company Office, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, 1895
During the 1890s, Thomas Edison launched a New Jersey mining operation to address an iron ore shortage. He designed rock-crushing technology and an electromagnetic ore separator to extract low-grade ore from crushed boulders. The final product -- a briquette made of powdered iron ore -- didn't do well commercially, especially after high-grade ore was discovered around Lake Superior. In 1899, Edison left the industry.