NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Worker laying pieces of matting on table, other worker placing frames of car seat on top of matting - covering frames - upholstering frames and matting - worker doing final trimming of seat - man carrying and placing seat in rack - worker placing stuffing in seats, hammering - cleaning seats with steam - worker placing matting and frame on table, attaching matting to frame - covering matting and frame with seat cover - worker securing cover - putting buttons on seat cover. [1946]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Worker marking and sorting piles of material for upholstering - worker covering cushion - attaching cushion to frame - workers covering cushion and frame with material - placing seats in rack - worker hammering bottom of seat shut - tacking on final trim - workers covering frame with matting - worker putting seat cover over frame and matting. Worker laying pieces of matting on table, other worker placing frames of car seat on top of matting - covering frames - upholstering frames and matting - worker doing final trimming of seat - man carrying and placing seat in rack - worker placing stuffing in seats, hammering - cleaning seats with steam - worker placing matting and frame on table, attaching matting to frame - covering matting and frame with seat cover - worker securing cover - putting buttons on seat cover. [1946]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Henry Ford Launches Huge Prosperity Drive With Announcement of New Ford V-8.” Aerial view of River Rouge plant - V-8 Fords being test driven on test track, plant in background - V-8 engine displayed on turn table - Henry Ford stamping serial number on first V-8 motor - close-up of number - workers entering and leaving Ford Motor Company plant - views of assembly line - close-up of V-8 grille - Henry and Edsel Ford looking at car on assembly line - different model cars being driven out of plant - different models on turn table display. [1932]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Aerial views of village industry - aerial view of Flatrock village industry - close-ups of workers and machines - view inside village industry - aerial view of Milan village industry - aerial views of village industry - views of village industry - farmer and tractor in field - truck outside mill - men shoveling grain into mill - views inside mill - view of storage tank, truck pulling away from storage tank - truck loaded with sacks leaving village industry - freight train at depot - men loading sacks into boxcar - aerial view of Sharon Mills village industry - view of Sharon Mills village industry - view of bridge, stream and small waterfall - car pulling up to building - panorama of water and dam - view of village industry. [1935]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group of women eating on lawn - footbridge over stream - groups pose on bridge - fisherman in hip boots in stream, girls wave from bridge - dam with water falling over spillway - highway, countryside, large house, from moving car - trucks loaded with sacks - workers loading sacks onto truck - group of women eating on lawn in front of building man taking pictures of group - group of women walking in park, stop on bridge, look down - stream, bridge, dam in background, girls throw rocks into stream - girls walking in park - man enters building, car is driven by - reflection of building, smokestack, and trees in water - water flowing over wheel, wheel begins to move - views of waterwheel pedestrian on top of dam - dam and spillways, power plant at end, from behind dam - close-up of spillways from behind low water - views of dam and power plant from beside power plant - interior of power plant - worker climbs ladder, walks around top of generator - panorama of farms, fields - worker adjusts spillway gate - building with smokestack, countryside - water flowing through spillway into ditch with stone and concrete sides - truck crosses dam. [1936]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Canal, closed spillway, two men walking - park like area - close-up of field stone retaining wall, water flowing over - two men opening gate at spillway moving plank across spillway - close-ups of water - spillway - river from stone wall - water flowing over dam - log goes over dam - water, ‘Sharon Mills’ from bridge - floating log - dam and bridge from below - pedestrian, automobile traffic across bridge car stops by ‘Sharon Mills’ - houses through trees - group of workers enter building with sign, ‘Nankin Mills, Ford Engravings,’ over door - windmill atop water tower - workers play baseball game in village park spectators cheering, applauding - engraving shop equipment in use - water flowing under gate in ditch - boy catching fish from wall above gate - building, ‘Ford Taps’ - workers at benches in shop - close-up of machinery with gauge, worker measuring part - worker machining small parts - worker measuring small parts - women workers assembling small parts. [1936]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Workers assembling and testing automotive generators - other assembly lines - exterior view of plant, truck loaded with sacks is driven by - exterior view of mill, loaded truck leaves mill - loaded truck backs up to loading platform, grain is dumped through open trap door - workers moving pile of grain with scoop shovels. [1936]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Frame firehouse - sign, ‘HY. Co. Deluge,’ above door, view of horse-drawn fire wagon inside - man stands in front of wagon with fireman’s helmet on - man starts machine with rotating wheel, measures axe with gauge, stops machine - man spins wheel using attached handle, checks machine, spins wheel again - two men fill planter from bushel basket and sack, men get on planter and drive through field - view of Ford precision gauge plant, close-up of sign - view of plant with man mowing lawn with power mower - truck parked at plant, man gets into truck, drives off - firemen’s helmets on table, picture of hand-pump type fire wagon on wall - sign, ‘Boston 1852’ - nozzles on floor - fire bell ringing - chapel steeple - steam whistles and smokestack - aerial view of countryside, river, trees along river banks, roads, farmhouse, ‘Nankin Mills,’ windmill and water tank - meandering river - large building. [1936]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Building, ‘Sharon Mills,’ by water - water flowing over dam - close-up of mill - trucks, one stuck, men push - pedestrians on stone wall by water - workers enter mill, rowboat in foreground - two men adjusting spillway gate - stream below spillway - farm buildings - worker places board under wheel of stuck truck - stream flowing past mill - water flowing over spillway, under bridge - mill from beyond bridge - aerial views of lakes, shorelines, and countryside, Greenfield Village, dams and power plants, industrial plants, streams, roads, traffic, city. [1936]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Workers in village industries making small parts, machinery, laboratory - park-like area, water running down steps, bridge over canal - power plant beside lake - close-ups of several village industry buildings - interior, workers at machines - small sailboat on lake from powerhouse - semi-trailer truck leaving loading dock - plant interior, workers at machines - train passing station - workers loading sacks from truck into boxcar - plant interior, workers at machines, winding magnetos, measuring small parts - workers at machines. [1936]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Workers on generator assembly line - metal baskets of parts move on overhead cable - worker with legs incased in protective covering and with goggles on catches molten metal in long-handled ladle, pours it into molds - metal parts are dipped into vat - worker uses long metal rod to push drill bits standing upright in holders on ring into furnace - bit cutting machine in operation - close-up of worker’s face - groups of women and girls eating on lawn outside industrial plant and on bank of canal - business district, parked cars, truck, automobile, pedestrian traffic - group on lawn (same as above) - group of girls walking through park-like area, enter building with sign, ‘Ford Voltage Regulators’ - aerial views of lakes, industrial plants, residential areas, highways, rural areas, shadow of plane on ground - drill bits standing upright in holders on ring, rod pushes them into furnace - aerial views of Greenfield Village, industrial plant, lakes, canals, power plants, mill with waterwheel - dam from railing near water, life preserver with ‘Ford Motor Co., Dundee’ on it - man on walkway over spillway and walks out to the end of low dam. [1936]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Stormy night, rain, wind in trees - barn door blowing open and shut little girl looking out window at rain - opening window, closing shutters - water running down drain into rain barrels - stream of water running away from house - view of stream through country - view of mill, waterwheel turning - stream - aerial view of factory views of building prior to establishment of village industry - view of run down mill - mill stream - sluice - men walking toward Nankin Mills village industry, sign over door, ‘Ford Engravings’ - bulldozer clearing land - construction of dam - view of dam and powerhouse - man on bridge - waterwheel turning - view inside powerhouse - aerial view of Plymouth village industry - aerial view of village industry - workers inside village industry, men and machines women eating lunch outside village industry - people on bank of stream, bridge - workers playing softball beside village industry - men beside stream, trees - man and children - man working in garden aerial view of Waterford village industry - aerial view of village industry - aerial view of town, ‘Milford’ on roof of one building - aerial view of Milford village industry - view of village industry aerial view of town - view down street in town, stores, cars - aerial view of village industry - aerial view of three different village industries - view of Hayden Mills village industry - view of village industry - boys fishing in stream - view of village industry - water running down steps - view from inside village industry - view of village industry. [1935]