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- Cancelled Requisition Form for E.E. Rice & Son, Barre, Massachusetts, August 13, 1920 - Though it operated some direct-sales offices in major cities, Ford Motor Company sold most of its Model T cars through franchise agreements with independent dealers. Each franchisee received the right to sell Ford cars within a specific territory. Ford encouraged dealers by offering discounts and rebates to high sellers. But low-selling dealers risked losing their territories.
- August 13, 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Cancelled Requisition Form for E.E. Rice & Son, Barre, Massachusetts, August 13, 1920
Though it operated some direct-sales offices in major cities, Ford Motor Company sold most of its Model T cars through franchise agreements with independent dealers. Each franchisee received the right to sell Ford cars within a specific territory. Ford encouraged dealers by offering discounts and rebates to high sellers. But low-selling dealers risked losing their territories.
- Members of the Gaston Unit of Woman's National Farm and Garden Association Harvesting Grain, 1918 - After the United States entered World War I in 1917, Americans worried about labor and food shortages as a result of men going off to fight. Organizations like the Woman's Land Army of America and the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association recruited and trained women to perform agricultural work. Many women formed lasting friendships and continued farm labor after the war had ended.
- 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Members of the Gaston Unit of Woman's National Farm and Garden Association Harvesting Grain, 1918
After the United States entered World War I in 1917, Americans worried about labor and food shortages as a result of men going off to fight. Organizations like the Woman's Land Army of America and the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association recruited and trained women to perform agricultural work. Many women formed lasting friendships and continued farm labor after the war had ended.
- Cancelled Ford Sales Agreement for E.E. Rice & Son, Barre, Massachusetts, August 13, 1920 - Though it operated some direct-sales offices in major cities, Ford Motor Company sold most of its Model T cars through franchise agreements with independent dealers. Each franchisee received the right to sell Ford cars within a specific territory. Ford encouraged dealers by offering discounts and rebates to high sellers. But low-selling dealers risked losing their territories.
- August 13, 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Cancelled Ford Sales Agreement for E.E. Rice & Son, Barre, Massachusetts, August 13, 1920
Though it operated some direct-sales offices in major cities, Ford Motor Company sold most of its Model T cars through franchise agreements with independent dealers. Each franchisee received the right to sell Ford cars within a specific territory. Ford encouraged dealers by offering discounts and rebates to high sellers. But low-selling dealers risked losing their territories.