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- Ford Engineering Laboratory Layout, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1924 - This floor plan of Ford Motor Company's recently completed engineering laboratory nicely illustrates Henry Ford's varied interests during the mid-1920s. Ford Motor Company facilities included executive offices, and a laboratory and workshops for product development. The publishing office, storage space for antiques, and dance room accommodated Henry Ford's personal interests. The industrialist often blurred the line between his business and personal activities.
- circa 1924
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Ford Engineering Laboratory Layout, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1924
This floor plan of Ford Motor Company's recently completed engineering laboratory nicely illustrates Henry Ford's varied interests during the mid-1920s. Ford Motor Company facilities included executive offices, and a laboratory and workshops for product development. The publishing office, storage space for antiques, and dance room accommodated Henry Ford's personal interests. The industrialist often blurred the line between his business and personal activities.
- Composing Room of Dearborn Publishing Company at the Ford Engineering Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan, 1925 - Henry Ford purchased <em>The Dearborn Independent</em> and published it under his name from 1919 to 1927. It served as a forum for Ford's views, free from other media outlets that had attacked his work and values and were outside his control. <em>The Dearborn Independent</em> covered world events, business and economic news, and fiction from noted authors. Sadly, it also served as an outlet for Ford's anti-Semitic sentiments. Between 1920 and 1922, the weekly paper ran a series of front-page articles that denounced all things Jewish. Even after this series, many articles contained anti-Jewish language. Though Ford later apologized and printed a retraction, these notoriously anti-Semitic editorials and articles forever tarnished the influential automaker's reputation.
- August 29, 1925
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Composing Room of Dearborn Publishing Company at the Ford Engineering Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan, 1925
Henry Ford purchased The Dearborn Independent and published it under his name from 1919 to 1927. It served as a forum for Ford's views, free from other media outlets that had attacked his work and values and were outside his control. The Dearborn Independent covered world events, business and economic news, and fiction from noted authors. Sadly, it also served as an outlet for Ford's anti-Semitic sentiments. Between 1920 and 1922, the weekly paper ran a series of front-page articles that denounced all things Jewish. Even after this series, many articles contained anti-Jewish language. Though Ford later apologized and printed a retraction, these notoriously anti-Semitic editorials and articles forever tarnished the influential automaker's reputation.
- Letter from Wilbur Wright to the Editor of Century Magazine, December 26, 1903 - Wilbur and Orville Wright took great care in protecting their aircraft designs. In this letter, written just nine days after the Wrights' pioneering flights at Kill Devil Hills, Wilbur cautioned a magazine editor that he and his brother were not prepared to give detailed descriptions or illustrations of their airplane. Likewise, they wished to retain copyright on photos of their machine.
- December 26, 1903
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Letter from Wilbur Wright to the Editor of Century Magazine, December 26, 1903
Wilbur and Orville Wright took great care in protecting their aircraft designs. In this letter, written just nine days after the Wrights' pioneering flights at Kill Devil Hills, Wilbur cautioned a magazine editor that he and his brother were not prepared to give detailed descriptions or illustrations of their airplane. Likewise, they wished to retain copyright on photos of their machine.
- Herald Square, New York City, 1904 (Photograph with Handwritten Production Notes) - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many scenes from across North America. This image captured a variety of traffic -- including pedestrian, horse-drawn, automotive, streetcar, and elevated rail -- on the move in Manhattan's Herald Square.
- 1904
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Herald Square, New York City, 1904 (Photograph with Handwritten Production Notes)
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including many scenes from across North America. This image captured a variety of traffic -- including pedestrian, horse-drawn, automotive, streetcar, and elevated rail -- on the move in Manhattan's Herald Square.
- Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort, Hampton, Virginia, 1902 (Photograph with Handwritten Production Notes) -
- 1902
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Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort, Hampton, Virginia, 1902 (Photograph with Handwritten Production Notes)