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- Ford Motor Company Executives at Launching of Freighter MS Henry Ford II, March 1, 1924 - American Ship Building Company launched <em>Henry Ford II</em> at its Lorain, Ohio, shipyard in 1924. The vessel, owned and operated by Ford Motor Company, primarily carried ore from western Lake Superior to the steel mill at Ford's Rouge plant near Detroit. After 65 years of service, <em>Henry Ford II</em> was retired in 1989 and scrapped five years later.
- March 01, 1924
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Ford Motor Company Executives at Launching of Freighter MS Henry Ford II, March 1, 1924
American Ship Building Company launched Henry Ford II at its Lorain, Ohio, shipyard in 1924. The vessel, owned and operated by Ford Motor Company, primarily carried ore from western Lake Superior to the steel mill at Ford's Rouge plant near Detroit. After 65 years of service, Henry Ford II was retired in 1989 and scrapped five years later.
- Signatures of Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Other Business Associates, 1922 - Like the Walt Disney Company, Ford Motor Company's logo features its founder's name in a flowing script. Also like Disney, Ford's logo isn't a direct copy of its founder's handwriting. C. Harold Wills, a Ford engineer and a former letterpress printer, created the distinctive logo script with his typesetting kit in 1906. Henry Ford's actual signature is seen here.
- February 16, 1922
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Signatures of Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Other Business Associates, 1922
Like the Walt Disney Company, Ford Motor Company's logo features its founder's name in a flowing script. Also like Disney, Ford's logo isn't a direct copy of its founder's handwriting. C. Harold Wills, a Ford engineer and a former letterpress printer, created the distinctive logo script with his typesetting kit in 1906. Henry Ford's actual signature is seen here.
- Letter from Ford Motor Company Cleveland Branch Manager A.B. Pease regarding the First Commercial Air Mail Flight (CAM-6), February 1926 - After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- February 15, 1925
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Letter from Ford Motor Company Cleveland Branch Manager A.B. Pease regarding the First Commercial Air Mail Flight (CAM-6), February 1926
After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926. The first two contract routes, connecting Detroit with Cleveland and Chicago, were awarded to Ford Air Transport, Ford Motor Company's airline subsidiary. Ford planes carried more than 32,000 pounds of mail before the contract ended in July 1928.
- Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and Ford Executives at Opening of Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad's Flat Rock Cut-Off, December 15, 1923 - Henry Ford purchased the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad in 1920 and spent some $15 million improving its physical plant. Among the largest projects was the construction of a new line from Flat Rock, Michigan, to the Ford Rouge factory. The 15-mile Flat Rock Cut-Off gave the DT&I a direct route to Dearborn.
- December 15, 1923
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Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and Ford Executives at Opening of Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad's Flat Rock Cut-Off, December 15, 1923
Henry Ford purchased the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad in 1920 and spent some $15 million improving its physical plant. Among the largest projects was the construction of a new line from Flat Rock, Michigan, to the Ford Rouge factory. The 15-mile Flat Rock Cut-Off gave the DT&I a direct route to Dearborn.
- Ford Motor Company Executives at Launching of Freighter MS Henry Ford II, March 1, 1924 - American Ship Building Company launched <em>Henry Ford II</em> at its Lorain, Ohio, shipyard in 1924. The vessel, owned and operated by Ford Motor Company, primarily carried ore from western Lake Superior to the steel mill at Ford's Rouge plant near Detroit. After 65 years of service, <em>Henry Ford II</em> was retired in 1989 and scrapped five years later.
- March 01, 1924
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Ford Motor Company Executives at Launching of Freighter MS Henry Ford II, March 1, 1924
American Ship Building Company launched Henry Ford II at its Lorain, Ohio, shipyard in 1924. The vessel, owned and operated by Ford Motor Company, primarily carried ore from western Lake Superior to the steel mill at Ford's Rouge plant near Detroit. After 65 years of service, Henry Ford II was retired in 1989 and scrapped five years later.
- Ford Motor Company Executives at Launching of Freighter MS Henry Ford II, March 1, 1924 - American Ship Building Company launched <em>Henry Ford II</em> at its Lorain, Ohio, shipyard in 1924. The vessel, owned and operated by Ford Motor Company, primarily carried ore from western Lake Superior to the steel mill at Ford's Rouge plant near Detroit. After 65 years of service, <em>Henry Ford II</em> was retired in 1989 and scrapped five years later.
- March 01, 1924
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Ford Motor Company Executives at Launching of Freighter MS Henry Ford II, March 1, 1924
American Ship Building Company launched Henry Ford II at its Lorain, Ohio, shipyard in 1924. The vessel, owned and operated by Ford Motor Company, primarily carried ore from western Lake Superior to the steel mill at Ford's Rouge plant near Detroit. After 65 years of service, Henry Ford II was retired in 1989 and scrapped five years later.
- Signatures of William B. Mayo, Ernest Liebold, and Other Business Associates of Henry Ford, 1922 - The signatures of some of Henry Ford's key associates are seen on this document. William B. Mayo designed the massive steam-gas generators that powered Ford's Highland Park plant, and later he was heavily involved in planning the Rouge complex. Ernest Liebold, Henry Ford's executive secretary, managed many of Ford's non-automotive enterprises, from Henry Ford Hospital to the DT&I Railroad.
- February 16, 1922
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Signatures of William B. Mayo, Ernest Liebold, and Other Business Associates of Henry Ford, 1922
The signatures of some of Henry Ford's key associates are seen on this document. William B. Mayo designed the massive steam-gas generators that powered Ford's Highland Park plant, and later he was heavily involved in planning the Rouge complex. Ernest Liebold, Henry Ford's executive secretary, managed many of Ford's non-automotive enterprises, from Henry Ford Hospital to the DT&I Railroad.
- Harry Brooks, Thomas Lanphier, William B. Mayo, and Charles Lindbergh, November 1927 - Charles Lindbergh visited Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, in November 1927, not long after his May 1927 solo transatlantic flight. While there, Lindbergh (far right) posed for a photo with (left to right) Harry Brooks, Ford Motor Company test pilot; Major Thomas Lanphier, commanding officer at nearby Selfridge Field; and William Mayo, head of Ford's aircraft division.
- November 08, 1927
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Harry Brooks, Thomas Lanphier, William B. Mayo, and Charles Lindbergh, November 1927
Charles Lindbergh visited Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, in November 1927, not long after his May 1927 solo transatlantic flight. While there, Lindbergh (far right) posed for a photo with (left to right) Harry Brooks, Ford Motor Company test pilot; Major Thomas Lanphier, commanding officer at nearby Selfridge Field; and William Mayo, head of Ford's aircraft division.
- Henry Ford, William Mayo, and Naval Inspectors Going to Inspect the First Eagle Boat, August 1918 - With American shipyards pressed to their limit during World War I, the U.S. Navy turned to Ford Motor Company to build Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats. The automaker manufactured the boats using the same mass production techniques it perfected for the Model T. Ford built 60 Eagles in total, though the war ended before any of the boats saw combat.
- August 09, 1918
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Henry Ford, William Mayo, and Naval Inspectors Going to Inspect the First Eagle Boat, August 1918
With American shipyards pressed to their limit during World War I, the U.S. Navy turned to Ford Motor Company to build Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats. The automaker manufactured the boats using the same mass production techniques it perfected for the Model T. Ford built 60 Eagles in total, though the war ended before any of the boats saw combat.
- Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and Ford Executives at Opening of Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad's Flat Rock Cut-Off, December 15, 1923 - Henry Ford purchased the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad in 1920 and spent some $15 million improving its physical plant. Among the largest projects was the construction of a new line from Flat Rock, Michigan, to the Ford Rouge factory. The 15-mile Flat Rock Cut-Off gave the DT&I a direct route to Dearborn.
- December 15, 1923
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Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and Ford Executives at Opening of Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad's Flat Rock Cut-Off, December 15, 1923
Henry Ford purchased the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad in 1920 and spent some $15 million improving its physical plant. Among the largest projects was the construction of a new line from Flat Rock, Michigan, to the Ford Rouge factory. The 15-mile Flat Rock Cut-Off gave the DT&I a direct route to Dearborn.