NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Botsford Inn. Old time Dances. April 30th, 1927. Group of children dancing on field, band, residential area across street, automobile traffic - large number of children square dancing on field - children marching two by two around field, band in center circle. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Children on field marching into large house, band. [1927] b. Large frame house - man and girl [in colonial costumes] leaving house - scene repeated several times - couple walking downhill from house - house and barn. [1926] c. “So up to the house-tops the coursers they flew, With a sleigh full of toys and Santa Claus too.” Drawing of snow-covered house at night. “And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof, The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.” “Down the chimney Santa Claus came with a bound. He was jolly and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.” Santa standing near decorated Christmas tree. “Santa Claus gives all he has every year. This beautiful mission is his? Then children, remember, there’s nothing to fear, If you’re good -- and most every child is.” Santa near tree. “Restless feet dance on the threshold, Eager faces at the door, Gay, excitement, whispered guesses; Here they come -- one, two, three, four.” Children sneaking down stairs. “Merry Christmas! Whee-e! Isn’t Santa Claus just the kindest man in all the world.” Children playing with new toys. [1926] d. Group of men and women sitting on lawn chairs outside tent, one acting like cowboy - man dressed like cowboy sitting in lawn chair - several views of group of men and women, including Henry Ford, sitting around in lawn chairs - group touring sawmill, saw platform in operation - two men with rifles walking along path, buildings in background - row of wooden buildings, men and women entering one building. [1924]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Prince Ferdinand coming out of Ford plant, climbing into Ford car, driving away - Prince Ferdinand standing with another man next to Bird CK biplane, NC791Y, climbing into cockpit, taking off - aerial views of downtown Detroit, waterfront, buildings-General Motors, Fisher Building, Henry Ford Hospital, Lincoln plant, Packard car plant, Hudson auto plant. Railyard, trains, tracks, railroad station - automobiles in front of railroad station, close-up of entrance, pedestrian traffic - Detroit business district, pedestrian, automobile, double deck bus traffic - views of Second Boulevard, automobile traffic, water truck cleaning street, large building in background - large bridge over Detroit River between U.S. and Canada - Detroit Art Museum - Detroit Library - ore freighters in the Detroit River - loaded ferry boat moving from dock - aerial view of Belle Isle Park. [1929]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Boys pose for the camera in and out of Boy Scout uniforms - views of Scout activities: hiking, setting up camp, breaking camp, loading trailer with camping equipment, hauling trailer. “He learns how to start a fire a la Pontiac.” Boy starts fire with bow and string and stick of wood-knot tying demonstration - human pyramid. “Like a wild west show.” Boys scale wall with boost from other boys - boys running, marching in formation, swimming - boy in trouble in water and fully clad boys go to the rescue, administer artificial respiration - cooking on open fire - boy eating sandwich. “All the fun is not on land.” Boys in sailor suits row to sailboats, raise sail, hoist anchor. “Finding new thrills.” Sailboats maneuver - scouts marching, helping people across street, administering first aid to dog. [1919] b. Swollen river. “This cry has gone up for centuries, day after day, from one stream to another.” Waterfall. “Perhaps their magnificent beauty hides away all thoughts of usefulness.” River - Great Falls of the Potomac. “And thus they spoke one by one until someone heard.” Waterwheel - dam - buildings by water - dam under construction - power plant - dam. “6,000 horse power operating cotton mills, Columbus, Georgia.” Views of dams, both high and low - power plants - cotton mills - buildings near dams - spillways - water flowing over dams - cities - waterwheels - sheep grazing and resting in shade of old tree roots - summer cottages - people threshing grain with tractor power, filling sacks. [1920]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Bus pulling up to entrance, Henry Ford II, Ernest R. Beech, J.R. Davis, Harold T. Youngren, John S. Bugas, Lewis D. Crusoe, Delmar S. Harder, Benson Ford and others getting off - large group of men walking up steps into building - buses turning corner, stopping in front of building, men getting off - distant view of building, men and steps, sign, ‘Welcome Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Dealers’ - dealers filing into building - views of dealers milling about - buses and cars on road leading away from Rotunda - bus turning corner, stopping at marquee, men getting out - men and traffic - view of TWA airliner at Willow Run airport, stewardess leading men off plane - men posing in front of plane - men leaving Willow Run Air Terminal and getting aboard bus, bus pulling away - aircraft taxiing on field - sign, ‘Special’ - New York Central train coming down tracks - sign on bus, ‘Welcome Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Dealers, Central Region’ - men getting aboard buses - buses pulling away - men leaving depot, getting aboard buses - buses pulling away - men leaving buses and cars, entering building - sign over building, men - view of flag flying over Ford Motor Company - buses pulling into River Rouge. View of man in film laboratory. Man speaking at lectern in front of group of men - panorama of men on stage - panorama of men at desks - man at lectern introducing men on stage - close-up of woman at desk - men in large room looking at different styles of trucks, tractors, engines on display, men explaining to other men - men leaving bus and walking toward building, sign on lawn, ‘Ford Merchandising School’ - men leaving building - group of men having picture taken on lawn - men in classroom, man speaking from lectern - men leaving buses entering building - men milling in front of building - sign on building, ‘Welcome Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Dealers’ - men entering building - buses entering River Rouge - men looking at final assembly line - men walking down stairs in train depot - men with suitcases getting aboard buses - buses pulling out - men getting aboard train - men walking toward Ford Merchandising School - entering - men standing around in classroom - posing for group picture - men entering building - men posing outside building - men around conference table - man at desk - men around conference table. [1946]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Jeeps and amphibious jeeps flank Army B-24 Liberator bomber on ramp - dealers pose in front of bomber which has sign painted on fuselage, ‘Dearborn Branch Ford Dealers.’ - amphibious jeeps - certificate presented to various military officers by civilian official - panorama of ramp showing jeeps, amphibious jeeps, tank, and two B-24’s - another presentation while dealers inspect a Sherman tank - exterior view of a B-24 cockpit. [1941] b. Man walks along outside building carrying sign, ‘Sent Home for Complying with WLB Supreme Court.’ [1941] c. Henry Ford II and other Ford officials at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for new highway, 7/25/42. Michigan State Police car leads motorcade. [1942] d. Official draws image on side of B-24 Liberator bomber [3/20/45] which has sign, ‘Ford’s 8000th Liberator, V-8.’ [1945] e. Amphibious jeeps manned by civilian and military drivers move in and out of river and streams - U.S. Army unit moves into area, operates amphibious jeeps. [1942] f. Ford executives examine model of brake - men listen to explanation illustrated by charts on ‘New Self-Centering Hydraulic Brakes.’ [1939] g. View of water tower overhead - workmen remove supports under one side, tower topples, October, 1946. Views of tower wreckage - further views of tower falling and of wreckage and workers - worker uses cutting torch in girders - trucks of Dearborn Machinery Moving Co. and mooring mast to be dismantled - supports on one side removed, mast topples over into field - workers use cutting torches to dismantle girders - Henry and Mrs. Ford drive up in automobile - further views of the tower as it topples - spectators - dismantling workers. [1946] h Ford Family and Ford Quadricycle. [1943] i. Decorated speakers platform, Henry Ford approaches - Henry Ford examines helicopter with Henry Ford II and Charles A. Lindbergh. [1943]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Parade, spectators, oxen-drawn covered wagon, costumed boys and girl with goat, cow, stagecoach - parade passing over bridge - costumed men and women crossing bridge - men in car - firemen pulling old hand pumper, hose reel on wheels, firemen driving fire engine - car set up on high frame above ground, sign, ‘Greenings Big Nurseries & Munroe, Michigan. Born 1850. Still Growing’ - truck pulling wagon loaded with shrubbery, sign on side, ‘It’s Not the House Alone, the Grounds About It Make the Home’ - other floats - flag-draped and decorated locomotive - conductors helping costumed men and women aboard train - train moving - people waving from flag-draped railroad cars - costumed men and women walking along sidewalk - ‘backwoodsmen’ leading pack horse and horse-drawn travois. [1923]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Parade down street, horse-drawn buggies and wagons, firemen pulling hand fire pump, horse-drawn fire engine, floats, decorated cars and trucks - band - floats, spectators - streetcar traffic - costumed girls on stagecoach, various horse-drawn wagons and buggies, riders dressed in early American costumes - band - parade of wagons and buggies - band - boys carrying banner, ‘Saddle Horse, Dearborn, Michigan,’ men on horseback, man on high wheeled bicycle. [1923]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Parade along country road of various horse-drawn vehicles including wagon, carriage, stagecoach, Conestoga wagon, various types of buggies - firemen on horse-drawn fire engine - men pulling hand fire pump - girls in early American costumes, horse-drawn cart - Henry and Edsel Ford - costumed woman in buggy, driving off - parade of cars, trucks - Edsel Ford and women sitting in car - horse-drawn fire engine - costumed girls on stagecoach - little boy in small buggy, costumed woman at side - parade through residential area, band, color guard, men with crutch on horse - various floats, horse-drawn wagons, buggies, etc. [1923]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Parade, locomotive moving down tracks in street spectators - getting out of locomotive, loading firewood into tender - locomotive backing down street - costumed band - Indians, one leading pony-drawn travois - man on high bicycle, floats, oxen and horse-drawn covered wagons - boys driving pony-drawn miniature steam engine, reaper, hay wagon - various floats - first Ford automobile on truck, Fifteen Millionth Ford - people in car - military band - first Ford - horse-drawn fire engine - firemen pulling small hand pumper - firemen riding fire engines - spectators. [1923]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Navy barracks - parade ground - flag pole, sailors lined up for review - flag raising and lowering ceremony, flag pausing at half-mast - sailors folding flag - officers, one holding folded flag and Henry Ford II reviewing trainees - trainees and officers marching off field - Navy Officer presenting flag to Ford II - sailors boarding Ford buses. [1945] b.Flags Flown at Half Mast [1947] c. Henry Ford's Funeral [1947] d. Group of men seated at table, one takes pen out of pocket, hands it to another, who signs papers on table, first man takes another pen out of pocket, signs papers, others at table sign - group standing, shaking hands, posing for the camera. [1946] e. Plant interior - worker welding bomb casing - workers moving long tube-like bombs with jet engines, bombs on wheels - man with earphones on - testing area, buildings in background - flame shooting from jet engines - plant interior, workers, some women, assembling bombs - bombs on launching pad, taking off, booster cuts loose from bomb, hits water in distance - bombs in flight, booster hitting water. [1945] f. Automobile parked in front of Ford Rotunda - pedestrian traffic - car driven around driveway. [1942]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Thomas A. Edison, 9/27/28. Thomas A. Edison operating steam engine in laboratory, Henry Ford and others watching - close-up of Edison and another man - close-up of Ford and Edison - Ford and Edison talking with another man in laboratory - Edison carrying Luther Burbank’s spade, climbing steps to platform - spectators - Edison’s son taking pictures - Edison walking across slab of wet concrete, sinking spade into slab, walking down steps at edge - Edison writing his name and date in slab with stick, Ford watching - spectators. [1928] b. Line of several tractor-drawn reapers, windrows. [1927] c. Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Gaston Planliff and daughter. Costumed women taking tea at table, young girl entering, receiving coin from mother, leaving, women standing, showing dresses. [1926]