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- Ford Sports Car Chassis, December 1953 -
- December 28, 1953
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Sports Car Chassis, December 1953
- Ford Sports Car Chassis, December 1953 -
- December 28, 1953
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Sports Car Chassis, December 1953
- Edsel Ford's Speedboat, "Nine Ninety Nine," February 1924 - Edsel Ford named his speedboat <em>Nine Ninety Nine</em> in honor of the "999" race car built by his father in 1902. The younger Ford was known to sometimes commute by boat, down the Detroit River, from his home in Grosse Pointe Shores to Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant near Dearborn.
- February 01, 1924
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Edsel Ford's Speedboat, "Nine Ninety Nine," February 1924
Edsel Ford named his speedboat Nine Ninety Nine in honor of the "999" race car built by his father in 1902. The younger Ford was known to sometimes commute by boat, down the Detroit River, from his home in Grosse Pointe Shores to Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant near Dearborn.
- Edsel Ford's Speedboat, "Nine Ninety Nine," February 1924 - Edsel Ford named his speedboat <em>Nine Ninety Nine</em> in honor of the "999" race car built by his father in 1902. The younger Ford was known to sometimes commute by boat, down the Detroit River, from his home in Grosse Pointe Shores to Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant near Dearborn.
- February 01, 1924
- Collections - Artifact
Edsel Ford's Speedboat, "Nine Ninety Nine," February 1924
Edsel Ford named his speedboat Nine Ninety Nine in honor of the "999" race car built by his father in 1902. The younger Ford was known to sometimes commute by boat, down the Detroit River, from his home in Grosse Pointe Shores to Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant near Dearborn.
- Mrs. Hardy Checking Soybean Milk in Ford Lab, March 1944 -
- March 03, 1944
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Mrs. Hardy Checking Soybean Milk in Ford Lab, March 1944
- Pilot Phoebe Omlie after Completing the Ford Reliability Air Tour, July 1928 - Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie started her aviation career as a barnstormer, then began flying in air races in the late 1920s. The first woman appointed to a federal aviation post, she served with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics from 1933-1936, and with the Civil Aeronautics Commission from 1941-1952. Omlie flew solo during the 1928 Ford Reliability Air Tour.
- July 28, 1928
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Pilot Phoebe Omlie after Completing the Ford Reliability Air Tour, July 1928
Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie started her aviation career as a barnstormer, then began flying in air races in the late 1920s. The first woman appointed to a federal aviation post, she served with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics from 1933-1936, and with the Civil Aeronautics Commission from 1941-1952. Omlie flew solo during the 1928 Ford Reliability Air Tour.
- Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1942 - Henry Ford began setting up small-scale factories in towns throughout southeast Michigan in the 1920s. These "Village Industries" employed local people and supplied Ford with parts and equipment. The Flat Rock automotive lamp factory opened in 1923, powered by hydroelectric turbines on the Huron River. Workers produced tens of millions of lamp assemblies before Ford left the factory in 1950.
- July 27, 1942
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Ford Motor Company Headlight Plant, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1942
Henry Ford began setting up small-scale factories in towns throughout southeast Michigan in the 1920s. These "Village Industries" employed local people and supplied Ford with parts and equipment. The Flat Rock automotive lamp factory opened in 1923, powered by hydroelectric turbines on the Huron River. Workers produced tens of millions of lamp assemblies before Ford left the factory in 1950.
- Map of Golf Course at Dearborn Country Club, May 12, 1924 - Henry Ford established the Dearborn Country Club, with an 18-hole golf course and a clubhouse designed by Albert Kahn, in 1925. Ford himself was not a golfer, but the club helped attract and keep executive talent at Ford Motor Company's Dearborn, Michigan, offices. Club members purchased the facility from Ford interests in 1952.
- May 10, 1924
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Map of Golf Course at Dearborn Country Club, May 12, 1924
Henry Ford established the Dearborn Country Club, with an 18-hole golf course and a clubhouse designed by Albert Kahn, in 1925. Ford himself was not a golfer, but the club helped attract and keep executive talent at Ford Motor Company's Dearborn, Michigan, offices. Club members purchased the facility from Ford interests in 1952.
- Blast Furnace at Ford Rouge Plant, 1927 - Steel production at Ford's Rouge Plant encompassed every step from start to finish. Two massive blast furnaces operated 24 hours a day to feed a unique process that rarely allowed molten iron to cool before steelmaking or casting. Instead, ladles on railroad tracks waited below the furnaces to be filled with up to 75 tons of the lava-like metal for transport.
- 1927
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Blast Furnace at Ford Rouge Plant, 1927
Steel production at Ford's Rouge Plant encompassed every step from start to finish. Two massive blast furnaces operated 24 hours a day to feed a unique process that rarely allowed molten iron to cool before steelmaking or casting. Instead, ladles on railroad tracks waited below the furnaces to be filled with up to 75 tons of the lava-like metal for transport.
- Hydraulic Shear at Ford Rouge Plant, 1927 - To produce steel for Rouge plant operations, Ford used ten open-hearth furnaces. The furnaces, each with a capacity of at least 180 tons, resided here in the open-hearth building. These workers used a steam-powered shearer to smash scrap metal into small pieces. The bits of metal joined with molten iron in one of the furnaces and eventually became steel.
- 1927
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Hydraulic Shear at Ford Rouge Plant, 1927
To produce steel for Rouge plant operations, Ford used ten open-hearth furnaces. The furnaces, each with a capacity of at least 180 tons, resided here in the open-hearth building. These workers used a steam-powered shearer to smash scrap metal into small pieces. The bits of metal joined with molten iron in one of the furnaces and eventually became steel.