NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Exterior of school on residential street - passing automobile traffic. “The Merrill-Palmer School of Detroit was established in 1920 in accordance with the will of Lizzie Merrill Palmer. In her will she says…” “I hold profoundly the conviction that the welfare of any community is divinely, and hence inseparably, dependent upon the quality of its motherhood, and the spirit and character of its homes.” “Such training cannot be given from text books alone, actual experience in life situations is necessary. The nursery school is part of the program for providing such experience for its students.” Woman leads two small children from automobile parked at curb - enter building - woman examines mouth and arms of small boy. “Intent on his day’s business he forgets the ‘good-bye’ and mother wisely doesn’t insist upon it.” Mother leaves, small boys go upstairs. “The healthful drink of water for each and all. Most children do not drink enough water.” Small children drinking water. “Now for a joyous day of work and play.” Women seated at tables direct activities of children at each table. “And each for the joy of working and each in his separate way. “ “Giving the bird a bath.” “Feeding the fish.” “I’m going to paint the pot green for my bulb.” Woman supervises while girl fills flower pot with earth, boy waters plant. “First expressions in art.” Children painting. “Joy in the household task.” Children washing dishes. “The young carpenters making a wagon -- (boys and girls both).” Boy marks and saws a piece of wood. “Getting rid of the superfluous.” Boy removes belt over shoulder, continues sawing wood. “Let him do it himself. There is joy in accomplishment.” Woman holds board for boy while he hammers nail to attach wheel - close-up of finished wagon with wheels. “Playing in the house we built.” “Father makes the sidewalk.” Boy lays out sidewalk with blocks. “The young engineers -- learning to reason.” Two boys using various shaped building blocks, one topples partly completed structure. “‘The tunnel broke over.’” “‘The top of my train broke it all down.’” “‘We need some big ones.’” Boys continue playing with building blocks. “Solving little problems leads to solving big ones.” Boys push toy truck and train through tunnel they constructed. “Choo! Choo! Choo!” “Time to clean up.” Children put away toys. “Mid-morning lunch before we go outdoors.” “Down it goes -- and its tomato juice and cod liver oil!” Children drink, replace glasses, wipe their mouths. “All the motions but the most important one…'Wipe your mouth, Bobby.’” “On with our wraps.” Woman assists children putting on coats and hats. “Stages in learning…the two-year old.” Small child having difficulty putting on coat and hat. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Our tiniest ones -- down the steps they go one foot at a time.” “Individual play with the little ones.” Children in sandbox, on tricycle, on playground equipment, set of stairs, slide. “Part Two will follow immediately.” “Concerted action -- developing initiative.” Children use large blocks. “Loading up the ice wagon.” Children reading blocks on wagon - two climb on top while a third pulls wagon. “Up to the top of the ‘jungle gym,’ and no one says don’t.” Several children climb. “The taxi brings the family home.” Two children get out of wagon, mount steps, third pulls wagon away. “Hats and coats off and into the wash-room.” Child washing hands, drying them, hanging up towel. “Steps in learning to keep clean. Each has his own equipment.” Children wash faces, hang up wash cloths, dry faces, hang up towels. “The finishing touch.” Boy combs hair, hangs up comb. “Preparing for a fifteen minute rest before dinner -- shoes off and slippers on.” Children rest on folding cots. “While the children are resting the helpers prepare for dinner.” Children spread cloths on tables. “Particular about the fit.” Children set tables, place flowers on tables. “Everything must be just right -- no napkins.” Child places napkins on table. “Dinner is ready as the clock strikes 12.” Girl strikes bells, sits down - children come down stairs, sit at tables with supervisors. “After Grace is said and waiters chosen dinner is served.” Children carry trays. “Pickles and jam for the teacher…grownups have something that little children do not.” “No crying over spilt milk here, no scolding either.” Boy washes milk off floor. “The dinner with the mid-morning lunch and afternoon milk gives half the food requirements for the day.” Children eating. “We’ve had our dinner, we’ve been to the toilet and now we’re ready for a nap.” “Asleep until 2:30.” Children fold blankets - boy laces shoes. “3:30, time to go home.” Little girl on swing - mothers call for children. “Mother hears how the day went.” Form report filled out - mothers talk. “The nursery school day is over -- so many opportunities for learning through living.” Children and mother leaving school yard. “Before school and twice a year…children are given thorough physical and mental examinations. A physical examination in which the child has real interest.” Little girl with doctor. “No fear of the doctor here.” “Nutrition good, and how about her posture?” [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: A Day at the Merrill-Palmer School, Part One. “The Nursery School.” Building, automobile traffic. “The Merrill-Palmer School of Detroit was established in 1920 in accordance with the will of Lizzie Merrill Palmer. In her will she says -- ‘I hold profoundly the conviction that the welfare of any community is divinely, and hence inseparably, dependent upon the quality of its motherhood, and the spirit and character of its homes.’” Plaque, ‘Lizzie Merrill Palmer, 1837-1919’ - the above caption quoted. “Such training cannot be given from textbooks alone, actual experience in life situations is necessary. The nursery school is part of the program for providing such experience for its students.” Children and teachers around tables. “Before school opens and twice a year during their stay in school, children are given thorough physical and mental examinations. A physical examination in which the child has real interest.” Little girl with doctor. “No fear of the doctor here.” “Nutrition good, and how about her posture?” Child walking, standing, climbing up on examining table - doctor measuring head and chest. “Then comes ears and teeth.” “How about her heart and lungs?” “Mental examination.” “Come on little stick.” Reeling in stick on end of string. “Just two years old.” Fitting pegs into board. “Eager to do it all himself can’t wait for directions.” Fitting boxes inside other boxes. “Cutting is just a little too hard.” Cutting paper. “‘Put these back in their box, Peter.’” Fitting blocks into box. “At four we can do lots more.” Making tower of blocks in decreasing sizes - fitting blocks of different shapes into board. “‘I did a good job that time.’” “And now the physical and mental examinations life in the nursery school.” Children being brought to school by parents. “No lagging school boy steps.” Children running and skipping up walk. “She can open the door herself and mother lets her.” “‘Here’s my locker -- off with my hat and coat.’” “Daddy is in a hurry and his small son misses a chance to do it by himself.” Man opening door for child. “Daddy waits until the nurse finds no signs of an infection. This is done every day to all in school.” “Handing in report from home.” Close-up of form - nurse looking children over. “‘Goodbye, Daddy!’” “Intent on his day’s business he forgets the ‘good-bye’ and mother wisely doesn’t insist upon it.” Child scampers off after examination by nurse. “The healthful drink of water for each and all. Most children do not drink enough water.” “Now for a joyous day of work and play.” Children and teachers at tables. “And each for the joy of working and each in his separate way.” “Giving the bird a bath.” Children watching bird in cage. “Feeding the fish.” Aquarium, several children add pinch of food. “‘I’m going to paint the pot green for my bulb.’” Planting bulbs. “First expression in art.” Children at easels. [1928]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: A Day at the Merrill-Palmer School, Part Three. “Mid-morning lunch before we go outdoors.” Children eating at small tables. “Down it goes -- and it’s tomato juice and cod liver oil.” Children drinking from large cups, wiping hands with napkins. “All the motions but the most important -- ‘Wipe your mouth Bobby.’” Wipes mouth. “On with our wraps.” Teacher helping children with coats and hats. “Stages in learning -- the two year old.” Children having trouble putting on wraps. “The four year old.” “The school garage.” Tricycles, etc. lined up. “Our tiniest ones -- down the steps go one foot at a time.” Children going down steps, girl on tricycle. “Individual play with little ones.” Children playing in sandbox, walking up plank. “Strength and courage comes by adventuring alone (just 19 months old).” Children playing on plank. “Vigorous outdoor play -- makes for healthful living.” Children on teeter-totters and slide. “Concerted action -- developing initiative.” Children playing with boxes. “Loading up the ice wagon.” Children loading large blocks on wagons. “As we grow older we play together more.” Children on playground. “Up to the top of the ‘jungle gym’ and no one says ‘don’t!’” Children playing on jungle gym. “The taxi brings the family home.” Child unloads wagon full of children at steps. “The student, unheeded, makes her observations on the growing, learning child.” Student watching children on playground, writing notes on pad. “Hats and coats off and into the washroom.” “Before washing we all go the toilet -- mastering the buttons and plenty of time to do it.” Child in washroom wiping hands and face with towel. “Steps in learning to keep clean. Each has his own equipment.” Child hanging up towel. “Learning to use the wash cloth.” Child washing self with wash cloth. “The drying process.” “The finishing touch.” Child combing hair, hanging comb on hook. “Preparing for a fifteen minute rest before dinner -- shoes off and slippers on.” “It’s too hard.” Child putting on slippers, children on cots. [1928]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Doctor examines small disrobed girl who walks back and forth across room - girl climbs up steps stands on table, doctor examines her feet and legs, she sits down, doctor measures her chest. “How about her heart and lungs?” Doctor taps her back and chest, uses stethoscope. “Mental examination” Woman demonstrates how boxes fit inside each other according to size, gives set of boxes to child who attempts to solve problem. “Put these back in their box, Peter.’” Child fits various shaped blocks into their container. “At four we can do lots more.” Child matches various shaped blocks with patterns on a board. “‘I did a good job that time.’” Child completes matching problem, woman turns the board over. “I hold profoundly the conviction that the welfare of any community is divinely, and hence inseparably, dependent upon the quality of its motherhood, and the spirit and character of its homes.” “End.” [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: R.H. Dunham, Ernest Breech, T.O. Yntema, Delmar Harder and John Bugas explaining the decentralization of the Ford Motor Company. [1951]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “In the early days of our country the labors and hardships of pioneer life in the open --” Log cabins. “-- developed a sturdy race of resourceful, independent, clear thinking men, who rebelled at tyranny.” Drummers and piper in colonial costume. “-- signed the Declaration of Independence --” Close-up of rough draft of Declaration of Independence, signatures. “-- and established a democracy in which life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are guaranteed to all.” Crowd of children in street. “The new republic grew, prospered and became a rich, mighty nation.” View of large buildings in city. “In 1916, there were many who thought that the crowded conditions and manifold temptations of city life --” Crowd of men in tenement street - clotheslines hanging from fire escape and windows of apartment buildings. “-- had completely destroyed those ideals so firmly established by our forefathers. But at the challenge of autocracy --” Ship sinking into sea. “-- Liberty took up arms --” Soldiers parading, crowds. “-- turning the tide and making the world safe for democracy.” Scene on battleground. “Wars and rumors of wars may continue for a time --” View of ‘The Detroit Sunday…’ newspaper headline, ‘19 Wars Sear Peace World.’ “-- but eventually -- ‘The war-drum throbs no longer, And the battle-flags are furled In the parliament of man, The federation of the world!’” “When the war of force shall no more, a new struggle will arise, a battle of wits and diplomacy --” “-- but selfish lust for wealth and power will ever do its best to obstruct human progress.” Crowd of people in street. “America must be prepared. Her public schools must make democracy safe for the world.” Children outside of school - children studying in school library. “Teachers must put democracy into education.” Children in classroom. “That is, school training must result in the development of those qualities which are essential both to the happiness of the individual and to the strength and vitality of the nation.” “Children still need to master the R’s. Readin’ --” Men and women sitting on benches marked ‘Ladies Only’ and ‘Men Only’ reading newspapers. “Ritin --” Man at desk signing papers, four men including two military personnel standing behind him. “Rithmetic.” Man examining plans of building under construction - man figuring on paper. “But they must be taught by methods which will result in: self-direction -- the ability to direct one’s own affairs in an intelligent and reasonable manner.” Man drawing on paper. “Self-appraisal -- the ability to judge for one’s self whether or not one is doing well.” Boy looking at drawings. “Self-control -- the ability to conduct one’s own business with due respect for the rights of others.” Men boarding streetcar. “Co-operation -- the ability to work with and through other people in the achievement of social purposes.” Boy Scouts assembling trek cart. “These are the fundamental spokes in the wheel of education that can develop this country into the greatest nation of all time.” New York skyline. “The genius of government --” U.S. Capitol. “Science.” Luther Burbank in cactus field. “Art --” Statue of an Indian on a horse. “Literature --” Men and women reading in library. “Music will be aided and spurred to surpass any previous effort --” Boys playing violins. “-- and the United States win stand as a modern Greece, giving unselfishly a full share of its attainments to the world.” Statue of Liberty. “The End.” “Ford Educational Library.” [1922]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Men getting into amphibious scout car, jeep, in plant yard - amphibious car on road, passing trucks, buses, jeeps - amphibious car in ice-covered river - man holding up sign, ‘10 m.p.h.’ - amphibious car entering water - sign, ‘15 m.p.h.’ - car entering water - sign, ‘20 m.p.h.’ - car entering water - sign, ‘25 m.p.h.’ - car entering water - amphibious car leaving water, moving up bank - car entering water - view from moving vehicle - amphibious car entering ice-covered water - views of amphibious car on river, breaking ice, climbing bank - panorama of men in uniform and civilians looking at amphibious car - many views of car plowing through ice-covered river, entering and leaving water - view from moving amphibious car - many views of car in water - car moving over very rough ground - man holding up sign, ‘Grade 45%’ - amphibious car and jeeps climbing small hill - amphibious car going downhill - amphibious car and jeeps climbing hill - sign, ‘Grade 60%’ - amphibious car and jeep on rough ground - jeep getting stuck - close-up of winch on amphibious car - amphibious car winching jeep out of hole - jeep and amphibious car on rough ground - jeep with sign on windshield, ‘60 m.p.h.’ - two jeeps and amphibious car moving down airfield runway - close-up of amphibious car - jeep stuck in field, amphibious car winching it out - jeep and amphibious car in rough field - man lifting flap at rear of amphibious car, displaying propeller - jeeps and amphibious car moving through woods - view from amphibious car - jeep stuck in woods, amphibious car pulling jeep - amphibious car entering and leaving water. [1942]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Release No. 29.” 1. “Zoo Dinner Call Causes Near Riot. There’s plenty of excitement when keepers at Detroit Zoological Park deliver 15 pound steaks to each of the 26 lions.” Lions in cage - keepers feeding lions - close-up of lion eating. 2. “Swimming Champs In Exhibition Meet. University of Michigan swimming team, winners of the Big Ten Meet, give demonstration under direction of Coach Matt Mann.” Coach and team at pool side - coach instructing, swimmers diving in, swimming, fancy diving, swimming. 3. “Economist Visits City. Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce of the United States, is greeted by a group of Detroit’s most influential businessmen with whom he will confer.” Klein and men standing and posing on steps of building, Klein making short speech. 4. “Wrestlers Decide Championship. Jim Londos, world’s champion wrestler, meets Renato Gardini, Italy’s challenger, at Olympia.” Wrestlers in ring, referee and spectators. 5. “Child Entertainers Perform Before ‘Mike.’ Youthful radio stars show how they ‘go on the air’ at the broadcasting station.” Studio, announcer, piano player, and children - children singing - several small children performing before microphone labeled ‘WMBC.’ “Watch for the program of this theater daily on the Detroit Times Movie Page.” “The Detroit Times Topics appear at this theater each week.” [1930]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “British challenger arrives in Detroit. Kaye Don, holder of powerboat speed record, is greeted at station upon arrival.” Group of men walking out of station. “Commodore A. A. ‘Gus’ Schantz extends greetings.” Don and Schantz exchanging greetings. “Kaye Don meets Gar Wood.” Don and Wood on steps of City Hall, Schantz and others standing behind them. “Special. Harmsworth Trophy retained by Wood. After winning first heat of international race on Detroit River, Kaye Don’s ‘Miss England II’ capsizes following disqualified start by both.” Aerial view of Detroit Yacht Club and Detroit River - ‘Miss England II’ idling on water, Don and mechanic on board - aerial view of first heat of race - boats racing, aerial and land views - Wood congratulating Don after race - aerial view of spectators after race - start of second heat, ‘Miss England II’ capsizing, boats picking up Don and crew, prow of boat above water. [1931]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 6] “The salesman then presents order for signature.” Salesman seated at table with man and woman at home - close-up of ‘Retail Buyer’s Order’ filled in. “A deposit is paid on the order.” Close-up of check - salesman converses with man and woman, puts on coat, shakes hands and leaves. “After Mr. Cook’s new car has been thoroughly inspected, etc.” Workmen inspect Ford automobile. “The car is delivered by the salesman who now makes it a point to see that the customer is kept satisfied.” [1928]