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- Unisys Profile and Facilities World Map, 1988 - In 1986, the Burroughs and Sperry corporations merged to create Unisys. It was one of the largest mergers in the computer and information technology industry. Both companies had a long lineage of developing cutting-edge computing technology. Burroughs started in the late 1800s producing calculating machines, and Sperry formed in the early 1900s making navigation equipment and later built UNIVAC computers.
- 1870-1986
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Unisys Profile and Facilities World Map, 1988
In 1986, the Burroughs and Sperry corporations merged to create Unisys. It was one of the largest mergers in the computer and information technology industry. Both companies had a long lineage of developing cutting-edge computing technology. Burroughs started in the late 1800s producing calculating machines, and Sperry formed in the early 1900s making navigation equipment and later built UNIVAC computers.
- World Map Mosiac, Henry Ford II World Center, circa 1955 - Ford Motor Company's world headquarters moved to a new 12-story office complex in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1956. Chicago architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the building in the then-popular International Style. Initially called the Central Staff Office Building -- and nicknamed the "Glass House" -- Ford renamed the complex the Henry Ford II World Center in 1996.
- circa 1955
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World Map Mosiac, Henry Ford II World Center, circa 1955
Ford Motor Company's world headquarters moved to a new 12-story office complex in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1956. Chicago architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the building in the then-popular International Style. Initially called the Central Staff Office Building -- and nicknamed the "Glass House" -- Ford renamed the complex the Henry Ford II World Center in 1996.
- World Map Sculpture, Henry Ford II World Center, circa 1955 - Ford Motor Company's world headquarters moved to a new 12-story office complex in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1956. Chicago architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the building in the then-popular International Style. Initially called the Central Staff Office Building -- and nicknamed the "Glass House" -- Ford renamed the complex the Henry Ford II World Center in 1996.
- circa 1955
- Collections - Artifact
World Map Sculpture, Henry Ford II World Center, circa 1955
Ford Motor Company's world headquarters moved to a new 12-story office complex in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1956. Chicago architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the building in the then-popular International Style. Initially called the Central Staff Office Building -- and nicknamed the "Glass House" -- Ford renamed the complex the Henry Ford II World Center in 1996.
- Map Showing the "Edsel Ford Mountains," Given by Richard E. Byrd to Clara and Henry Ford, 1943 - Richard E. Byrd led an expedition to Antarctica in 1928-1930. His effort was partly financed by a $100,000 contribution from Edsel Ford. Byrd honored his patron by naming a 150-mile Antarctic mountain range the Edsel Ford Mountains. Byrd presented this map to Ford's parents, Clara and Henry Ford, in 1943 -- the year Edsel Ford passed away.
- 1943
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Map Showing the "Edsel Ford Mountains," Given by Richard E. Byrd to Clara and Henry Ford, 1943
Richard E. Byrd led an expedition to Antarctica in 1928-1930. His effort was partly financed by a $100,000 contribution from Edsel Ford. Byrd honored his patron by naming a 150-mile Antarctic mountain range the Edsel Ford Mountains. Byrd presented this map to Ford's parents, Clara and Henry Ford, in 1943 -- the year Edsel Ford passed away.
- Globe, Used by Edsel Ford, 1935 -
- 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Globe, Used by Edsel Ford, 1935
- Trade Card for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, 1899 -
- 1901
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, 1899