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- Screw Slotting Machine, circa 1850 - Rooted in a tension between human dexterity and dictated speed, this modest machine offers insight into both the possibilities and potential drudgery of volume production methods. While operation was simple (screw blanks, inserted by hand into the holes in the rotating drum, passed beneath spinning saw blades; slotted screws fell out into a waiting bin) it was also monotonously repetitive.
- circa 1850
- Collections - Artifact
Screw Slotting Machine, circa 1850
Rooted in a tension between human dexterity and dictated speed, this modest machine offers insight into both the possibilities and potential drudgery of volume production methods. While operation was simple (screw blanks, inserted by hand into the holes in the rotating drum, passed beneath spinning saw blades; slotted screws fell out into a waiting bin) it was also monotonously repetitive.
- Women Learning to Rivet at the Highland Park Trade School, Highland Park, Michigan, December 16, 1943 - Henry Ford was an educational pioneer. He believed that practical skills should be taught alongside academics. In 1916, he established a trade school adjacent to the Highland Park Ford Plant. Students alternated between traditional class work and shop practice. During World War II, the school served as a training center where skilled tradesmen prepared military machinists and female factory workers.
- December 16, 1943
- Collections - Artifact
Women Learning to Rivet at the Highland Park Trade School, Highland Park, Michigan, December 16, 1943
Henry Ford was an educational pioneer. He believed that practical skills should be taught alongside academics. In 1916, he established a trade school adjacent to the Highland Park Ford Plant. Students alternated between traditional class work and shop practice. During World War II, the school served as a training center where skilled tradesmen prepared military machinists and female factory workers.