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- Ford Motor Company Branch Managers Meeting, 1909 - Ford Motor Company distributed its vehicles around the country -- ultimately around the world -- through a network of branch houses in major cities. These branches, in turn, supplied vehicles to dealers. This allowed Ford to maintain consistent prices and service everywhere. Ford hosted its branch managers at regular meetings in Detroit, where they were updated on the company's latest activities.

- June 17, 1942
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Ford Motor Company Branch Managers Meeting, 1909
Ford Motor Company distributed its vehicles around the country -- ultimately around the world -- through a network of branch houses in major cities. These branches, in turn, supplied vehicles to dealers. This allowed Ford to maintain consistent prices and service everywhere. Ford hosted its branch managers at regular meetings in Detroit, where they were updated on the company's latest activities.
- Ford Motor Company Executives John Wandersee, Gus Degener, Frank Kulick, P.E. Martin, and Charles Hartner, October 1927 - Five of Ford Motor Company's senior-most employees posed together for this photo taken in 1927. John Wandersee and Gus Degener had been with Henry Ford since 1902 -- even before Ford Motor Company was established in June 1903. Frank Kulick and P.E. Martin joined the company in 1903, while Charles Hartner signed on the following year.

- October 20, 1927
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Ford Motor Company Executives John Wandersee, Gus Degener, Frank Kulick, P.E. Martin, and Charles Hartner, October 1927
Five of Ford Motor Company's senior-most employees posed together for this photo taken in 1927. John Wandersee and Gus Degener had been with Henry Ford since 1902 -- even before Ford Motor Company was established in June 1903. Frank Kulick and P.E. Martin joined the company in 1903, while Charles Hartner signed on the following year.
- Henry Ford with Ford Motor Company Executives and Managers, Ardussey Road House, Detroit, Michigan, 1907 - Henry Ford (front row, fourth from left) posed with Ford Motor Company executives and managers in 1907. It was a challenging year for the automotive industry. That fall, the Panic of 1907 slowed sales, and several smaller, poorly financed automakers went out of business. Ford Motor Company had sufficient sales and cash reserves to weather the storm.

- 1907
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Henry Ford with Ford Motor Company Executives and Managers, Ardussey Road House, Detroit, Michigan, 1907
Henry Ford (front row, fourth from left) posed with Ford Motor Company executives and managers in 1907. It was a challenging year for the automotive industry. That fall, the Panic of 1907 slowed sales, and several smaller, poorly financed automakers went out of business. Ford Motor Company had sufficient sales and cash reserves to weather the storm.
- Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, and Ford Motor Company Executives, July 1911 - Henry Ford (front row, in light-colored suit) and Edsel Ford (behind and to the left of Henry Ford) posed with Ford Motor Company executives for this photo in July 1911. The company produced nearly 35,000 Model T automobiles that year, with prices ranging from $680 to $1,200.

- July 01, 1911
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Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, and Ford Motor Company Executives, July 1911
Henry Ford (front row, in light-colored suit) and Edsel Ford (behind and to the left of Henry Ford) posed with Ford Motor Company executives for this photo in July 1911. The company produced nearly 35,000 Model T automobiles that year, with prices ranging from $680 to $1,200.
- Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with Ford Motor Company Executives, Henry Ford's Office at the Highland Park Plant, circa 1913 - Henry Ford (back row, second from left) and Edsel Ford (front row, second from right) posed with Ford Motor Company executives for this photo taken around 1913. The company produced more than 170,000 Model T automobiles that year, with prices ranging from $525 to $850.

- circa 1913
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Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with Ford Motor Company Executives, Henry Ford's Office at the Highland Park Plant, circa 1913
Henry Ford (back row, second from left) and Edsel Ford (front row, second from right) posed with Ford Motor Company executives for this photo taken around 1913. The company produced more than 170,000 Model T automobiles that year, with prices ranging from $525 to $850.
- Ford Executives on the Final Day of Model T Production at the Highland Park Plant, May 26, 1927 - Assembly of the fifteen millionth Model T, the ceremonial "last" Model T, was a major event for Ford Motor Company. The automaker's eight senior-most employees -- from left to right: Fred Rockelman, Gus Degener, Frank Kulick, Charles Meida, Charles Sorensen, Charles Hartner, P.E. Martin, and John Wandersee -- each hand-stamped one of the serial number's eight digits into the engine's number plate.

- May 26, 1927
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Ford Executives on the Final Day of Model T Production at the Highland Park Plant, May 26, 1927
Assembly of the fifteen millionth Model T, the ceremonial "last" Model T, was a major event for Ford Motor Company. The automaker's eight senior-most employees -- from left to right: Fred Rockelman, Gus Degener, Frank Kulick, Charles Meida, Charles Sorensen, Charles Hartner, P.E. Martin, and John Wandersee -- each hand-stamped one of the serial number's eight digits into the engine's number plate.
- Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with Ford Motor Company Executives at the Highland Park Plant, circa 1913 - Henry Ford (back row, fourth from left) and Edsel Ford (back row, far right) posed with Ford Motor Company executives for this photo taken around 1913. The company produced more than 170,000 Model T automobiles that year, with prices ranging from $525 to $850.

- circa 1913
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Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with Ford Motor Company Executives at the Highland Park Plant, circa 1913
Henry Ford (back row, fourth from left) and Edsel Ford (back row, far right) posed with Ford Motor Company executives for this photo taken around 1913. The company produced more than 170,000 Model T automobiles that year, with prices ranging from $525 to $850.
- Henry Ford with Ford Motor Company Executives and Managers, Ardussey Road House, Detroit, Michigan, 1907 - Henry Ford (front row, fourth from left) posed with Ford Motor Company executives and managers in 1907. It was a challenging year for the automotive industry. That fall, the Panic of 1907 slowed sales, and several smaller, poorly financed automakers went out of business. Ford Motor Company had sufficient sales and cash reserves to weather the storm.

- 1907
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Henry Ford with Ford Motor Company Executives and Managers, Ardussey Road House, Detroit, Michigan, 1907
Henry Ford (front row, fourth from left) posed with Ford Motor Company executives and managers in 1907. It was a challenging year for the automotive industry. That fall, the Panic of 1907 slowed sales, and several smaller, poorly financed automakers went out of business. Ford Motor Company had sufficient sales and cash reserves to weather the storm.
- Ford Motor Company Executive John Wandersee, circa 1918 - John Wandersee went to work for Henry Ford as a sweeper in 1902 -- before Ford Motor Company's founding in June 1903. He was moved into Ford's budding metallurgy department, where he helped develop the Model T's durable vanadium steel. Wandersee was still with Ford in May 1927, when the last Model T rolled off Highland Park's production line.

- circa 1918
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Ford Motor Company Executive John Wandersee, circa 1918
John Wandersee went to work for Henry Ford as a sweeper in 1902 -- before Ford Motor Company's founding in June 1903. He was moved into Ford's budding metallurgy department, where he helped develop the Model T's durable vanadium steel. Wandersee was still with Ford in May 1927, when the last Model T rolled off Highland Park's production line.
- "Oldest" Ford Motor Company Employees with Fifteen-Millionth Model T Engine on Last Day of Model T Production, May 26, 1927 - Assembly of the fifteen millionth Model T, the ceremonial "last" Model T, was a major event for Ford Motor Company. The automaker's eight senior-most employees -- from left to right: Fred Rockelman, Gus Degener, Frank Kulick, Charles Meida, Charles Sorensen, Charles Hartner, P.E. Martin, and John Wandersee -- each hand-stamped one of the serial number's eight digits into the engine's number plate.

- May 26, 1927
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"Oldest" Ford Motor Company Employees with Fifteen-Millionth Model T Engine on Last Day of Model T Production, May 26, 1927
Assembly of the fifteen millionth Model T, the ceremonial "last" Model T, was a major event for Ford Motor Company. The automaker's eight senior-most employees -- from left to right: Fred Rockelman, Gus Degener, Frank Kulick, Charles Meida, Charles Sorensen, Charles Hartner, P.E. Martin, and John Wandersee -- each hand-stamped one of the serial number's eight digits into the engine's number plate.