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Ford: The Times, The Man, The Company
Allan Nevins
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The Model T, end-product and symbol of Ford activity up to the mid-nineteen-twenties. The machine on the right is a contestant in the 1909 New York-Seattle race.
Map showing various Ford farms and the Nowlin farm. Chief original Ford farms in black with dates of acquisition, also lands of William, son of John (William South). Other farms, shaded, are those shown in 1876 Atlas. The names of roads are those of today.
The Bagley Avenue residence of the Fords (1893–1897) and their succeeding residence on East Alex andrine Avenue. Clara and Edsel are seated on the stairs. Date, about June, 1897
Interior of A. Y. Malcomson's coal office, 1903; Malcomson's on stool at table. Couzens, with wing collar, standing at desk. The bearded man with cigar is possibly John S. Gray; man at extreme right unidentifiable.
Twelve Ford employees at the Mack Avenue Plant as the 1904 racer is made ready for Frank Kulick. (On extreme left, P. E. Martin; in shirtsleeves and cap, August Degener)
Advertisement of the Ford Motor Company in the Detroit Free Press, July 28, 1903, in response to one by the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
A group of Ford personnel at the Detroit Boat Club, September 17, 1908 Beginning at top, left: figure at the side by potted plant, unknown; John Dodge, John Anderson, Horace Dodge, Frank Kulick, David Gray, C. Harold Wills. Second row: James Couzens, Gordon McGregor, F. R. Fox, Stan Roberts, Norval Hawkins, Henry Ford. Third row: R. M. Lockwood, M. D. Coate, H. B. White, W. C. Anderson, Charles T. Hendy, Jr., H. B. Harper (?). Fourth row: R. P. Rice, Thomas J. Hay, E. R. Stearns, H. J. Cunningham. Front row: L. C. Block, Gaston Plantiff, C. E. Fay, C. C Meade
Front row, starting second from left: C. Harold Wills, John Dodge, Henry Ford, James Couzens, John W. Anderson, Horace Dodge and Horace Rackham. Second row, starting second from left: T. Walborn, H. Limbach, W. Flanders and G. Plantiff. Third row, second from left: N. Hawkins; behind Ford and Flanders, Gordon McGregor; fourth from right: Klingensmith. Last row, second from right: Pelletier
Two Danes who left their impress upon automotive production—William S. Knudsen (from a group picture taken in 1913) and Charles E. Sorensen (as he appeared in 1918)
The Highland Park Factory Power plant with five tall stacks in the foreground; office building immediately to the right of the power plant; rail connections visible to the rear and on the left. Note at the rear of the power house the transverse craneways and the sawtooth-roofed machine shop.
Ford Employees in 1911 Top row: Theo Purman, Wm. King, Sol Logan, Fred Collins, Oscar Grade, Harry Hickey, C. W. Avery, Alex Sparks, John Putnam, Paul Neinas. Second row: Leo Moss, L. B. Robertson, Ed Clemett, Geo. Howard, J. Miller, E. P. Hobart, Chas. Beebe, Herb Payne, Doctor Mead, Ernie Davis, Wm. Ryan, Ed. Harper, Archie Tyrell, Carl Emde, "Scotty" Hueglin, Phil. Fishback. Third row: Fred Allison, Gus Walter, Otto Tilly, Wm. Cars-well, Joe Galamb, Edsel Ford, W. C. White, F. L. Klingensmith, Fred Diehl, Jim Purdy, Wm. Klann, Gus Spengler, Jos. Godette, John Wan-dersee. Front row: Chas. Sorensen, P. E. Martin, Gus Degener, Frank Kulick, Henry Ford, C. H. Wills, Edward G ay, John R. Lee, G. M. McGregor, Chas. Hartner, Chas. Meida