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Henry Ford<br>Ford, Henry US automotive businessman and manufacturer. He pioneered assembly line techniques and invented the Model T Ford, which went on sale October 1 1908.
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Henry Ford ( 1863-1947 ), American manufacturer. RV-058920
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Henry Ford<br>Inventor of the motor car
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Henry Ford
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Henry Ford ( 1863-1947 ), American manufacturer. HRL-613281
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Henry Ford with Thomas Edison<br>
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Henry Ford with Charles Lindberg<br>1927 (Ford's first plane flight)
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Henry Ford visiting Dagenham, Essex, c1930. Ford (left) arriving to inspect the site of his company's new car factory. When production began at the site in 1931, Ford's Dagenham plant was the most modern and best-equipped car factory in the world outside of Detroit. It was also the largest car production plant in Europe. Henry Ford visiting Dagenham, Essex, c1930. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Feb 11th 1929: (l-r) President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone at Mr Edison's home, Fort Meyers, Florida. Hoover was the 31st President of the USA from 1929-1933.
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June 1929: Presentation of Edison's &quotGlass House" to Henry Ford (1863-1947), US automobile manufacturer. He built his first car in 1896 and founded the Ford Motor Company.<br>
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A&quotsummit conference" in U.S.A. in 1918. From left to right : Thomas Edison (inventor of phonograph and of the incandescent lamp), Harvey Firestone Junior ( pneumatics industry), John Burroughs (naturalistic poet), Henry Ford (cars) and Harvey Firestone (pneumatics and synthetic rubber).
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Jules Goux, Barney Oldfield and Henry Ford, Indianapolis, 1921. Goux (left), Oldfield (centre) and Ford (right) with a fourth, unidentified man at the Indianapolis 500 in 1921. Frenchman Goux had won the race in 1913. Oldfield was another previous competitor who also drove the pace car at the event in 1920 and 1922. Jules Goux, Barney Oldfield and Henry Ford, Indianapolis, 1 <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Lloyd George (1893-1945), British politician and Henry Ford (1863-1947), American industrialist <br>(center). RV-343517
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Thomas A Edison (1847-1931), US scientist and inventor resting on the doorstep of Edison's laboratory at Fort Meyers, March 15th 1931 with Henry Ford (left) and Harvey S Firestone (right).
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President Warren G Harding joins America's celebrated campers at their camp near Hagerstown, Maryland on July 21st 1921. Discussing the day's news: Henry Ford, Thomas A Edison, President Harding and Harvey S Firestone.
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Henry Ford next to the locomotive engineer Mrs Hoover and Mrs Ford to the Presidents left.<br>October 21st 1929<br>Edison National Historic Site<br>Orange New Jersey
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Henry and Edsel Ford with a Ford V8 engine, (c1940s?). Henry and Edsel Ford with a Ford V8 engine, (c1940s?). <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Mr and Mrs Henry Ford with Lady Astor and the Hon. W. W. Astor at Clivedon.<br>14th April 1928
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Henry Ford I and Quadricycle.
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Henry Ford with first motor car (1896 Ford) and Model T
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Henry Ford 1908, Experimental Tractor
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The model T. Ford went on sale on 1 October 1908.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
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Henry Ford, with his son Edsel beside him driving the twenty millionth car from his Detroit works
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Henry Ford in an early motorcar.
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Henry Ford on an 1896 Ford, (c1940s?). Henry Ford on a 1896 Ford, (c1940s?). <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Henry Ford ( 1863-1947 ), American manufacturer. RV-327564
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Henry Ford with Barney Oldfield who began his racing career in this car, the famous &quotFord 999". Ford himself achieved a world speed record of over 90 mph in the car.<br> Dearborn, Michigan - 1902
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Motoring before the Model T Ford revolution - chauffeur, motoring veil. Cars were expensive, complicated and for the wealthy few.<br><br>Colour advertisment for the Pierce Arrow Motor Car company.
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Motoring before the Model T Ford revolution - chauffeur, motoring veil. Cars were expensive, complicated and for the wealthy few.<br><br>Poster advertising Rolls-Royce cars, from a catalogue, c.1907. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Motoring before the Model T Ford revolution - chauffeur, motoring veil. Cars were expensive, complicated and for the wealthy few.<br><br>Advertisement for 'Up to Date' costume cloth, 1897. <br>Credit: The National Archives / HIP / TopFoto
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The Henry Ford workshop.
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The world's first assembly line at Ford, plant highland park USA: Trained workers put together the flywheel - magneto ignition system for the Model T - 1913 <br><br>Das erste Fliessband der Welt bei Ford, Highland Park Ford Plant (Michigan/ USA): Angelernte Arbeiter setzen für das Modell T Schwungrad-Magnetzündanlagen<br>zusammen.<br>- 1913<br><br><br>"<english>" </english>
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Making the bodies for Model T Fords, 1915. Factory workers on the production line completing upholstery for the seats. A sack of stuffing lies on the floor. Making the bodies for Model T Fords, 1915. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Interior of the Ford works, Trafford Park, Manchester, c1911-c1927. Rows of Model Ts are lined up. The hugely successful Model T was Britain's best-selling car from 1913 to 1923. The factory began assembling cars from imported parts in 1911, but by 1924 the vehicles were being constructed from 94 % British parts. In 1931, Ford switched its manufacturing activities to its massive new plant at Dagenham, Essex. Interior of the Ford works, Trafford Park, Manchester, c191 <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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The Ford factory, Manchester, c1911. Lines of Model Ts, off the production line. The Ford factory, Manchester, c1911. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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The exterior of the Model T factory, 1914. Cars lined up along the factory wall with mechanics working on them. The exterior of the Model T factory, 1914. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Fulfilling the demands of a new mass market: Model T Fords 'Tin Lizzies', awaiting delivery from their factory, 1925. The number of cars on America's roads rose three-fold in the 1920's.
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Part of the production line at Ford's Highland Park factory, Detroit, Michigan, USA, c1914. The factory, 4.5 miles from the centre of Detroit was the first to make use of assembly-line techniques, in the production of Henry Ford's famous Model T. Designed by Albert Kahn, the plant opened in 1910. Credit: Ford/Ann Ronan Picture Library. <br>Credit: Oxford Science Archive / HIP / TopFoto
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60 million cars later, the vast Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Co. stands in classic contrast to the rented brick workshop which Henry Ford built his first " Quadricycle". Upper left is the rear of 58 Bagley, in Detroit, was outmoded as soon as the first car was built. Ford had to knock a hole in the wall to make way for the vehicle. Upper right is the second factory. 12th August 1963
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250,000th Model T Ford produced at Manchester, 1925. Management and workers pose with the car to commemorate this production milestone. The hugely successful Model T was Britain's best-selling car from 1913 to 1923. The factory began assembling cars from imported parts in 1911, but by 1924 the vehicles were being constructed from 94 % British parts. In 1931, Ford switched its manufacturing activities to its massive new plant at Dagenham, Essex. 250,000th Model T Ford produced at Manchester, 1925. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Traffic converges on the entrance of the Holland Tunnel in Lower Manhattan, New York following the opening ceremony in 1927. The tunnel, passing under the Hudson river connects Lower Manhattan with New Jersey.
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Ford Model T in USA
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Snow Scene: Model T trucks were often converted into &quotSnowmobiles," as some were called, for wintertime use. In this 1926 photo, sled runners are attached to the front axle, while a third axle and belt provide increased rear traction. Photo Credit to read: (&quotFrom the collections of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village.")
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Ford car presented to Thomas A. Edison by Henry Ford - 1914<br>©TopFoto
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Model T Ford, c1913. Three women sitting in a Model T Ford, parked in front of a building. Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1909 and the company's Detroit factory was adapted for its mass production. By the time the model was phased out in 1927 over sixteen million vehicles had been made. Model T Ford, c1913. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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People with a 1914 Model T Ford, 1914. The mayoress, Mrs Blamires, and other ladies are sitting in a Model T Ford on Alexandra Rose Day, 1914. Their chauffeur is standing in front of the car. People with a 1914 Model T Ford , 1914. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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1915 Ford Model T. Classic early Ford with its hood down, in an autumnal setting. The Model T Ford car brought motoring within the range of millions of people throughout the world. Mass production on a moving assembly line and lack of frills was the reason for the low price. 1915 Ford Model T. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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A 1915 Ford Model T Tourer.
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Ford Model T 19R, American Motor Car Industry
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Ford 'Fronty-Ford', Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 1922. Fronty-Fords consisted of a Ford Model T chassis with an engine produced by the Frontenac Motors Corporation of the Chevrolet brothers. The cars raced at Indianapolis in the early 1920s. The car pictured here was driven to 18th place by C Glenn Howard in the 1922 Indianapolis 500. Ford 'Fronty-Ford', Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 1922. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Ford Model T 1923
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Model T Ford 1923<br><br>&quotMotoring Deluxe in Basutuland - a mud hole." (Modern day Lesotho, Africa)
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Ford Model T 1927
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1932 Ford V8 in front of a car showroom, (c1932?). In 1932, Henry Ford introduced his last great personal engineering triumph, the cast-in-one-piece, V8 engine. Offered as an option to an improved 4-cylinder Model 'B' engine in this low priced car, this compact V8 power plant, with its down draft carburetor, enabled the 1932 Ford to outperform its competitors and was 20 years ahead of its time. The improved proportions and styling of the car reflected Edsel Ford's genius for design. 1932 Ford V8 in front of a car showroom, (c1932?). <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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Look Magazine 17 October 1944 Advertising for Ford Motor Company In the Ford Kitchen this little trail engine sputtered into life . It happened far back in early 1890s in Detroit a young engineer named Henry Ford testing a principle of the internal combustion engine
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Look Magazine 19 September 1944 Advertising for Ford Motor Company .<br>August 1896 around a banquet table on Long Island sit Thomas A Edison and the country's leading men of the electrical industry including Henry Ford where discussion lead onto engines .
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27 June 1944 Advertisment Ford Motor Company. President Taft gave the starting signal. 1 June 1909 before New York City Hall five houseless carriages an Acme, a Shawmut, an Itala and two model T Fords stand hub to hub. America's first transcontinental auto race
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16 May 1944 Advertisment for Ford Motor Company Water Wheel first moving device created by Henry Ford
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25 July 1944 Advertisment for Ford Motor Company<br>1913 Henry Ford and his technicians try a new production idea. A assembly line for making cars
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Look Magazine August 1944 issue Advertising Ford Motor Company Young Henry Ford repairing his watch by kerosene lantern
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&quotThe modest house which was Henry Ford's Winter Home. Bought in 1916, the Ford's named their house Mangoes; sold in 1945, the house now forms part of a museum dedicated to Henry Ford, Fort Myers"
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FL237 Florida Gulf Coast Lee County Fort Myers Ford Winter Estate Henry Ford's study
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A letter from General Montgomery to Henry Ford, 1944. In the letter Montgomery expresses his delight in Ford's contribution to the war effort. Montgomery was the British Field Marshal during WWII. Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Comnpany. A letter from General Montgomery to Henry Ford, 1944. <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto
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The famous Ford family.<br>Mrs E. B. Ford (front left) with her daughter Mrs. Walter B. Ford and her sons (L to R) Henry Ford II, Benson Ford, and William Clay Ford.<br>New York, USA - 14th August 1962
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11th January 1934: Edsel Ford, Preisdent of the Ford Motor Company and son of Henry Ford.
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Henry Ford II visiting England, shakes the hands of some of the workers who have been turning out Fords in record time at Dagenham<br>11th February 1948
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Henry Ford II visiting England, pointing to the export mark of the first car to go to the USA at Dagenham<br>11th February 1948
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