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Henry Ford's work in the area of historic preservation. Construction of Ford Museum and Historical Greenfield Village
Henry Ford works on historical preservation project. McGuffey readers are seen. Sketch of Ford family farm in Springwells, Michigan. View of homestead at the farm, that Ford restores. He examines the farm's steam engine. The historic Wayside Inn, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, which Ford purchased to construct a community of historic buildings. View of the restored Botsford Inn,Detroit, Michigan, that Ford bought in 1924.View of Eagle Tavern, in Clinton, Michigan,before,and,after its purchase and restoration by Henry Ford. Concerned about need for additional buildings to house artifacts, Henry Ford consulting with Detroit architect,Robert O. Derrick (with mustache) and two other men. Derrick's plan for the Henry Ford museum is unrolled. It borrows from Independence Hall, Congress Hall, and the old City Hall in Philadelphia.Views of the Clock Tower and museum, as completed in 1929. A pictorial map of the Edison Institute Museum and Historical Greenfield Village, in Dearborn, Michigan. View of construction begun in 1927. Thomas A. Edison laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, that Ford acquired for Greenfield Village. On a windy September 17, 1928, Thomas A. Edison steps from a car, and pauses before entering the doorway of his restored laboratory, in Greenfield Village. Henry and Mrs.Ford step from their car to quickly join him in the building.Edsel Ford and his wife, also follow. Inside the building, Edison officially open the site by starting a steam engine in the laboratory. Ford and Edison converse (Ford speaking close to Edison's ear, because he is hard of hearing). Later, Edison, in a cornerstone ceremony, imbeds, a shovel contributed by Luther Burbank, and then writes in cement of the cornerstone.Newspapers show coverage of the formal dedication of the museum and Greenfield village, October 21, 1929. Workers rushing the Village toward completion for that event. The Smithcreek Railroad depot is moved to the Village. Workers preparing installation of the depot.
Henry Ford with the 15 millionth Ford car; Ford production line scenes during car assembly; 20 millionth Ford rolls off line
Henry Ford in the Highland Park plant steps into the fifteen millionth Ford Model T car just before it rolls off of the production line on May 26, 1927. Ford's son, Edsel Ford, is driving the car. Next scene shows Ford auto workers during car production on assembly line in factory. Wheels and tires moving on overhead line. View of the twenty millionth Ford automobile, a Model A, as it is completed and rolls off the line in Dearborn, Michigan, driven by Edsel Ford, on April 14, 1931. It is a 1931 slant windshield Town Sedan 160B.
Raw materials storage and Coke Quenching Car being dumped at The Ford River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
Views of raw material storage yards with overhead conveyer cranes at the Ford Motor Company Rouge plants. An open train car moves along a track carrying hot smoking Coke in quenching car for discharge into a Coke Dock below the track. The operator positions the car, looks over the heap and prepares to tilt the car to dump its contents.
Ford Motor Company workers on the Model A final assembly line at Ford River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan
Workers on the Model A automobile final assembly line of Ford River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. A worker seated on a scooter, moves alongside a moving assembly as he works on it with his tools.
Final assembly line for Model A car at Ford River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
Ford Motor Company workers swarm around the the final assembly line for the new Model A Ford car. Overhead moving parts line carries variety of parts, such as exhaust pipes, needed by the workers, who select them as needed.
Test drive of Ford Model-A at River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
Views of the Ford motor company plant in Dearborn,Michigan. A Model-A moving on rough test roads during a test drive. Repeated scenes of the Model-A driving fast over railroad tracks (becoming slightly airborne),and driving over rough railroad ties. A brief view of the odometer and speedometer, with the speed increasing to 50 miles per hour.