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- Aerial View of the Fordson Tractor Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1918 -
- October 22, 1918
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Aerial View of the Fordson Tractor Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1918
- Mailing Room at Dearborn Publishing Company, Henry Ford & Son Tractor Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1919 -
- May 28, 1919
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Mailing Room at Dearborn Publishing Company, Henry Ford & Son Tractor Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1919
- Visiting Auto Racing Enthusiasts Pose with Ford Executives at the Henry Ford & Son Tractor Plant, 1920 -
- June 09, 1920
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Visiting Auto Racing Enthusiasts Pose with Ford Executives at the Henry Ford & Son Tractor Plant, 1920
- Experimental Fordson Tractor, 1917 -
- July 28, 1917
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Experimental Fordson Tractor, 1917
- 100,000th Fordson Tractor on Final Assembly Line, February 21, 1920 - Henry Ford developed the first mass-produced and inexpensive lightweight tractor to meet the needs of small farmers. The Fordson, introduced in 1917, rapidly became the most popular tractor in America. This photograph shows the 100,000th Fordson tractor being assembled in 1920. That year, the United States Census Bureau began recording enormous declines in the population of farm horses.
- February 21, 1920
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100,000th Fordson Tractor on Final Assembly Line, February 21, 1920
Henry Ford developed the first mass-produced and inexpensive lightweight tractor to meet the needs of small farmers. The Fordson, introduced in 1917, rapidly became the most popular tractor in America. This photograph shows the 100,000th Fordson tractor being assembled in 1920. That year, the United States Census Bureau began recording enormous declines in the population of farm horses.
- Women's Suffrage Meeting, Henry Ford & Son Tractor Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, October 18, 1918 - Securing the right for women to vote in Michigan depended on persuading men to vote "yes" to amend the state constitution in the November 1918 election. Clara Ford, vice-chair of the Dearborn Township branch of the Equal Suffrage League of Wayne County, handed out literature, pins, and stickers during two open-air meetings at the Ford tractor plant that reportedly reached more than 7,000 attendees.
- October 18, 1918
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Women's Suffrage Meeting, Henry Ford & Son Tractor Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, October 18, 1918
Securing the right for women to vote in Michigan depended on persuading men to vote "yes" to amend the state constitution in the November 1918 election. Clara Ford, vice-chair of the Dearborn Township branch of the Equal Suffrage League of Wayne County, handed out literature, pins, and stickers during two open-air meetings at the Ford tractor plant that reportedly reached more than 7,000 attendees.
- Fordson Tractor Assembly Line at the Ford Rouge Plant, May 1923 - Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Plant was conceived as a site for the mass manufacture of Fordson tractors. For a time, it was actually called the Fordson Plant. This photograph shows a tractor assembly line at the Rouge in 1923. To make way for production of the Model A in 1928, tractor assembly was discontinued and relocated to Cork, Ireland.
- May 28, 1923
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Fordson Tractor Assembly Line at the Ford Rouge Plant, May 1923
Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Plant was conceived as a site for the mass manufacture of Fordson tractors. For a time, it was actually called the Fordson Plant. This photograph shows a tractor assembly line at the Rouge in 1923. To make way for production of the Model A in 1928, tractor assembly was discontinued and relocated to Cork, Ireland.
- Menlo Park Laboratory Front Door after Relocation from New Jersey to Dearborn, Michigan, 1928-1929 -
- 1928-1929
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Menlo Park Laboratory Front Door after Relocation from New Jersey to Dearborn, Michigan, 1928-1929
- Fordson Tractor Assembly Line at the Ford Rouge Plant, 1921 - Henry Ford developed the Fordson tractor to meet the needs of small farmers. Its lightweight, unit-body design was well-suited for the assembly line, and production began in 1917. The inexpensive Fordson quickly became the most popular tractor in America. Here, Fordson tractors are lined up for wheel installation in Dearborn, Michigan.
- March 08, 1921
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Fordson Tractor Assembly Line at the Ford Rouge Plant, 1921
Henry Ford developed the Fordson tractor to meet the needs of small farmers. Its lightweight, unit-body design was well-suited for the assembly line, and production began in 1917. The inexpensive Fordson quickly became the most popular tractor in America. Here, Fordson tractors are lined up for wheel installation in Dearborn, Michigan.
- Aerial View of Henry Ford & Son Ltd's Fordson Tractor Plant, Cork, Ireland, 1923 - Ford Motor Company operated sales and service branches, as well as assembly plants, in cities around the world. The company's Cork, Ireland, plant began operations in 1919. Employees there initially built tractors, but Model T engines and parts were added in 1920. Henry Ford had a personal connection to County Cork -- his father was born there in 1826.
- November 21, 1923
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Aerial View of Henry Ford & Son Ltd's Fordson Tractor Plant, Cork, Ireland, 1923
Ford Motor Company operated sales and service branches, as well as assembly plants, in cities around the world. The company's Cork, Ireland, plant began operations in 1919. Employees there initially built tractors, but Model T engines and parts were added in 1920. Henry Ford had a personal connection to County Cork -- his father was born there in 1826.