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- Kenneth Schwartz Pictured with a Restored 1929 Ford Model A Truck, June 1957 - Kenneth Schwartz joined The Henry Ford as a tour guide soon after graduating high school in 1947. Over the following decades, he worked in various clerical and administrative roles. Much of Schwartz's career revolved around the automotive collection and transportation services, whether operating automobiles at Old Car Festival or staging vehicles for <i>Sports Cars in Review</i>. He retired in 1991.
- June 21, 1957
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Kenneth Schwartz Pictured with a Restored 1929 Ford Model A Truck, June 1957
Kenneth Schwartz joined The Henry Ford as a tour guide soon after graduating high school in 1947. Over the following decades, he worked in various clerical and administrative roles. Much of Schwartz's career revolved around the automotive collection and transportation services, whether operating automobiles at Old Car Festival or staging vehicles for Sports Cars in Review. He retired in 1991.
- Kenneth Schwartz and Sidney Holloway Appear in an Encyclopedia Britannica Film on Transportation, October 1957 - Kenneth Schwartz joined The Henry Ford as a tour guide soon after graduating high school in 1947. Over the following decades, he worked in various clerical and administrative roles. Much of Schwartz's career revolved around the automotive collection and transportation services, whether operating automobiles at Old Car Festival or staging vehicles for <i>Sports Cars in Review</i>. He retired in 1991.
- October 29, 1957
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Kenneth Schwartz and Sidney Holloway Appear in an Encyclopedia Britannica Film on Transportation, October 1957
Kenneth Schwartz joined The Henry Ford as a tour guide soon after graduating high school in 1947. Over the following decades, he worked in various clerical and administrative roles. Much of Schwartz's career revolved around the automotive collection and transportation services, whether operating automobiles at Old Car Festival or staging vehicles for Sports Cars in Review. He retired in 1991.
- Kenneth Schwartz Interviewing Ladies in the Costume Judging at the 1960 Model A Restorers Club Meet in Greenfield Village - Kenneth Schwartz joined The Henry Ford as a tour guide soon after graduating high school in 1947. Over the following decades, he worked in various clerical and administrative roles. Much of Schwartz's career revolved around the automotive collection and transportation services, whether operating automobiles at Old Car Festival or staging vehicles for <i>Sports Cars in Review</i>. He retired in 1991.
- 09 August 1968-11 August 1968
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Kenneth Schwartz Interviewing Ladies in the Costume Judging at the 1960 Model A Restorers Club Meet in Greenfield Village
Kenneth Schwartz joined The Henry Ford as a tour guide soon after graduating high school in 1947. Over the following decades, he worked in various clerical and administrative roles. Much of Schwartz's career revolved around the automotive collection and transportation services, whether operating automobiles at Old Car Festival or staging vehicles for Sports Cars in Review. He retired in 1991.
- NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, April 18, 1955 - In April 1955, NBC's <em>Today</em> show came to Detroit, Michigan, to cover the automotive industry. The morning news and entertainment show originated a remote broadcast from Greenfield Village on April 18th. Staff paraded a line of vehicles -- both horse-drawn carriages and automobiles -- past the cameras. NBC reporter Dick McCutcheon and museum curator Hayward Ablewhite provided commentary.
- April 18, 1955
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NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, April 18, 1955
In April 1955, NBC's Today show came to Detroit, Michigan, to cover the automotive industry. The morning news and entertainment show originated a remote broadcast from Greenfield Village on April 18th. Staff paraded a line of vehicles -- both horse-drawn carriages and automobiles -- past the cameras. NBC reporter Dick McCutcheon and museum curator Hayward Ablewhite provided commentary.
- NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, April 18, 1955 - In April 1955, NBC's <em>Today</em> show came to Detroit, Michigan, to cover the automotive industry. The morning news and entertainment show originated a remote broadcast from Greenfield Village on April 18th. Staff paraded a line of vehicles -- both horse-drawn carriages and automobiles -- past the cameras. NBC reporter Dick McCutcheon and museum curator Hayward Ablewhite provided commentary.
- April 18, 1955
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NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, April 18, 1955
In April 1955, NBC's Today show came to Detroit, Michigan, to cover the automotive industry. The morning news and entertainment show originated a remote broadcast from Greenfield Village on April 18th. Staff paraded a line of vehicles -- both horse-drawn carriages and automobiles -- past the cameras. NBC reporter Dick McCutcheon and museum curator Hayward Ablewhite provided commentary.
- Margaret Love and Kenneth Schwartz with 1928 Ford "Flivver" Monoplane, 1953 - Just as he put the world on wheels with the Model T, Henry Ford hoped to give it wings with a small, affordable airplane. A few prototype Flivver planes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after test pilot Harry Brooks was killed in a Flivver crash in 1928. One of the remaining prototypes went to Ford's museum.
- 1953
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Margaret Love and Kenneth Schwartz with 1928 Ford "Flivver" Monoplane, 1953
Just as he put the world on wheels with the Model T, Henry Ford hoped to give it wings with a small, affordable airplane. A few prototype Flivver planes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after test pilot Harry Brooks was killed in a Flivver crash in 1928. One of the remaining prototypes went to Ford's museum.
- Kenneth Schwartz Touring Actress Merle Oberon and Her Children around Greenfield Village in a 1912 Ford, 1968 - Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum. Actors, authors, athletes, artists, politicians, and business leaders have passed through the entrance gates. The institution's photographer took photographs if the celebrity allowed. Merle Oberon, best known for her role in the 1939 film <i>Wuthering Heights</i>, and her family got a guided tour of Greenfield Village in a Ford Model T.
- 1968
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Kenneth Schwartz Touring Actress Merle Oberon and Her Children around Greenfield Village in a 1912 Ford, 1968
Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum. Actors, authors, athletes, artists, politicians, and business leaders have passed through the entrance gates. The institution's photographer took photographs if the celebrity allowed. Merle Oberon, best known for her role in the 1939 film Wuthering Heights, and her family got a guided tour of Greenfield Village in a Ford Model T.
- NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, April 18, 1955 - In April 1955, NBC's <em>Today</em> show came to Detroit, Michigan, to cover the automotive industry. The morning news and entertainment show originated a remote broadcast from Greenfield Village on April 18th. Staff paraded a line of vehicles -- both horse-drawn carriages and automobiles -- past the cameras. NBC reporter Dick McCutcheon and museum curator Hayward Ablewhite provided commentary.
- April 18, 1955
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NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, April 18, 1955
In April 1955, NBC's Today show came to Detroit, Michigan, to cover the automotive industry. The morning news and entertainment show originated a remote broadcast from Greenfield Village on April 18th. Staff paraded a line of vehicles -- both horse-drawn carriages and automobiles -- past the cameras. NBC reporter Dick McCutcheon and museum curator Hayward Ablewhite provided commentary.
- Employees Joan Knamiller and Kenneth Schwartz in Costume at Old Car Festival, Greenfield Village, 1951 - Greenfield Village hosted its first annual Old Car Festival on September 8, 1951, when 88 vintage automobiles gathered for a three-hour show. That inaugural event included familiar elements like drivers and passengers in period clothing, a pass-in-review program, and high-wheel bicycles mixed in with the cars. Today, Old Car Festival remains the longest-running antique auto show in the United States.
- 1950
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Employees Joan Knamiller and Kenneth Schwartz in Costume at Old Car Festival, Greenfield Village, 1951
Greenfield Village hosted its first annual Old Car Festival on September 8, 1951, when 88 vintage automobiles gathered for a three-hour show. That inaugural event included familiar elements like drivers and passengers in period clothing, a pass-in-review program, and high-wheel bicycles mixed in with the cars. Today, Old Car Festival remains the longest-running antique auto show in the United States.
- Ford "999" Race Car and Indianapolis 500 Pace Car on the Ford Test Track, April 1953 - Ford Motor Company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1953 and was invited to provide the pace car for that year's Indianapolis 500. Six weeks before the race, William Clay Ford and Ken Schuntz posed on the company's Dearborn test track with the pace car, a 1953 Ford Sunliner, and the "999," a race car built by Henry Ford in 1902.
- April 01, 1953
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Ford "999" Race Car and Indianapolis 500 Pace Car on the Ford Test Track, April 1953
Ford Motor Company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1953 and was invited to provide the pace car for that year's Indianapolis 500. Six weeks before the race, William Clay Ford and Ken Schuntz posed on the company's Dearborn test track with the pace car, a 1953 Ford Sunliner, and the "999," a race car built by Henry Ford in 1902.