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- A Day's Output at Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1908 -
- circa 1908
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A Day's Output at Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1908
- Model A Assembly Line at Ford Motor Company's Moscow Factory, 1930 - In 1929, Ford Motor Company signed an agreement with the Soviet government to help open two plants in the U.S.S.R. at Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow. Ford provided detailed drawings of factory buildings and equipment, and it sent engineers and foremen to oversee construction and startup. Although Ford lost money on the venture, it earned favorable international publicity.
- November 06, 1930
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Model A Assembly Line at Ford Motor Company's Moscow Factory, 1930
In 1929, Ford Motor Company signed an agreement with the Soviet government to help open two plants in the U.S.S.R. at Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow. Ford provided detailed drawings of factory buildings and equipment, and it sent engineers and foremen to oversee construction and startup. Although Ford lost money on the venture, it earned favorable international publicity.
- Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant Showing One Day's Output of 1000 Cars, 1913 - As the moving assembly line evolved, Ford Motor Company promoted its growing manufacturing prowess with clever promotional photographs. This image shows 1,000 Model T chassis lined up outside Ford's Highland Park plant. The chassis represent a single nine-hour shift's production in August 1913 -- an impressive total reached even before the assembly line was fully implemented.
- 1913
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Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant Showing One Day's Output of 1000 Cars, 1913
As the moving assembly line evolved, Ford Motor Company promoted its growing manufacturing prowess with clever promotional photographs. This image shows 1,000 Model T chassis lined up outside Ford's Highland Park plant. The chassis represent a single nine-hour shift's production in August 1913 -- an impressive total reached even before the assembly line was fully implemented.
- Machine Shop at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, circa 1913 - The Highland Park Ford Plant, designed by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn, was the second production facility for the Model T. This photograph shows Highland Park's machine shop filled with specialized machine tools. Among the milling machines shown here are "hobbers," which cut teeth in metal to make gears.
- circa 1913
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Machine Shop at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, circa 1913
The Highland Park Ford Plant, designed by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn, was the second production facility for the Model T. This photograph shows Highland Park's machine shop filled with specialized machine tools. Among the milling machines shown here are "hobbers," which cut teeth in metal to make gears.
- Time Magazine, "Mass Producer," March 23, 1942 - Henry Ford was featured on the cover of <em>Time</em> magazine on three occasions during his lifetime: on issues dated July 27, 1925; January 14, 1935; and March 23, 1942. The 1942 edition referred to Ford as a "mass producer," with the cover illustration also including B-24 airplanes built at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant.
- March 23, 1942
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Time Magazine, "Mass Producer," March 23, 1942
Henry Ford was featured on the cover of Time magazine on three occasions during his lifetime: on issues dated July 27, 1925; January 14, 1935; and March 23, 1942. The 1942 edition referred to Ford as a "mass producer," with the cover illustration also including B-24 airplanes built at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant.
- Piston Pin Inspection Machine, January 1937 -
- January 15, 1937
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Piston Pin Inspection Machine, January 1937
- Piston Pin Inspection Machine, March 1936 -
- March 20, 1936
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Piston Pin Inspection Machine, March 1936
- Electric Pin Sorting Machine Built by Students of Henry Ford Trade School, September 1932 -
- September 13, 1932
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Electric Pin Sorting Machine Built by Students of Henry Ford Trade School, September 1932
- Electric Pin Sorting Machine Built by Students of Henry Ford Trade School, September 1932 -
- September 13, 1932
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Electric Pin Sorting Machine Built by Students of Henry Ford Trade School, September 1932
- Close-up of Piston Pin Inspection Machine Parts, January 1935 -
- January 24, 1935
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Close-up of Piston Pin Inspection Machine Parts, January 1935