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- Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935 - Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- December 11, 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935
Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935 - Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- December 11, 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935
Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935 - Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- December 11, 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935
Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935 - Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- December 11, 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935
Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- Ford Motor Company Employee Eats Thanksgiving Dinner on the Job at the Highland Park Plant, November 1942 - Wartime production demands left no time for a holiday in 1942. Employees at Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant worked straight through Thanksgiving, pausing only long enough to enjoy turkey legs in the lunchroom. The automobile industry provided one fifth of American manufacturing output during World War II.
- November 26, 1942
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Motor Company Employee Eats Thanksgiving Dinner on the Job at the Highland Park Plant, November 1942
Wartime production demands left no time for a holiday in 1942. Employees at Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant worked straight through Thanksgiving, pausing only long enough to enjoy turkey legs in the lunchroom. The automobile industry provided one fifth of American manufacturing output during World War II.
- Ford Employee Harry Finn Eating Thanksgiving Dinner on the Job at the Highland Park Plant, November 1942 - Wartime production demands left no time for a holiday in 1942. Employees at Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant worked straight through Thanksgiving, pausing only long enough to enjoy turkey legs in the lunchroom. The automobile industry provided one fifth of American manufacturing output during World War II.
- November 26, 1942
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Employee Harry Finn Eating Thanksgiving Dinner on the Job at the Highland Park Plant, November 1942
Wartime production demands left no time for a holiday in 1942. Employees at Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant worked straight through Thanksgiving, pausing only long enough to enjoy turkey legs in the lunchroom. The automobile industry provided one fifth of American manufacturing output during World War II.
- Red Cross Women's Motor Corps Workers Learn about Auto Maintenance, November 1941 - In 1941, Ford Motor Company provided automobile maintenance classes at its Highland Park facilities for the local Red Cross Volunteer Motor Corps. Instructors trained the volunteers in the mechanical skills they would need to keep their vehicles moving in times of emergency. Along with providing space for training, Ford also donated its 29 millionth Ford vehicle to the humanitarian organization.
- November 17, 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Red Cross Women's Motor Corps Workers Learn about Auto Maintenance, November 1941
In 1941, Ford Motor Company provided automobile maintenance classes at its Highland Park facilities for the local Red Cross Volunteer Motor Corps. Instructors trained the volunteers in the mechanical skills they would need to keep their vehicles moving in times of emergency. Along with providing space for training, Ford also donated its 29 millionth Ford vehicle to the humanitarian organization.
- Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment, December 1935 - Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- December 11, 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment, December 1935
Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935 - Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- December 11, 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Bean Wheel Alignment Equipment Exhibit, December 1935
Properly aligned wheels reduce tire wear and ensure safer vehicle handling and control. In the 1930s, Ford Motor Company created this photograph of wheel alignment equipment in use. These photographs were published in technical service bulletins, letters and other media sent to dealers and repair shops to instruct mechanics on the equipment's proper use.
- French Officers Inspecting Prototype Eagle Boat Being Built at the Ford Highland Park Plant, April 1918 - During World War I, Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats for the U.S. Navy. Ford assembled the prototype boat at Highland Park and then moved it, on railroad flatcars, to the Rouge. The remaining Eagle hulls were constructed on site at the Rouge, but Ford continued to build the boats' turbine engines and propulsion systems at Highland Park.
- April 09, 1918
- Collections - Artifact
French Officers Inspecting Prototype Eagle Boat Being Built at the Ford Highland Park Plant, April 1918
During World War I, Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats for the U.S. Navy. Ford assembled the prototype boat at Highland Park and then moved it, on railroad flatcars, to the Rouge. The remaining Eagle hulls were constructed on site at the Rouge, but Ford continued to build the boats' turbine engines and propulsion systems at Highland Park.