NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Crowd around Ford V-8 car - V-8 stopping in front of motors on exhibit, Henry and Edsel Ford getting out, Edsel Ford taking pictures of motor exhibit and of crowd - Edsel Ford opening hood of car - Henry and Edsel Ford looking at motors on exhibit, crowd in background - crowd on lawn, Cape Cod windmill and large tent in background - panoramic view of crowd - windmill, crowd - Henry and Edsel Ford with others on stage under tent. [1936] b. Spiltting rails. [1936]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Huge crowd in front of open-sided half tent, Cape Cod windmill in background - views of crowd from tent, people on platform in tent, Henry and Edsel Ford sitting on platform - large crowd, people serving themselves from long buffet table, cooks and co-workers replacing empty dishes, pouring coffee, etc. - close-up of waitress pouring drinks from pitcher - workers behind table - views of crowd, some eating from plates in hands, some sitting at tables, waiter carrying loaded tray - crowd, several men eating from plates on windowsill, from outside - group eating at bench outside building - crowd outside building - motorcycle police escorted buses leaving vicinity of Ford Rotunda - V-8 engines on display out-of-doors - car pulling up, Henry and Edsel Ford getting out, looking at motors, Edsel Ford taking pictures - Henry and Edsel Ford looking under hood of 1937 V-8 car. [1936]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Detroit, Michigan. Ford dealers served by Columbus and New Orleans visit Ford plants. 161 representatives from Columbus and 125 from New Orleans view wonders of this vast organization.” “Rouge plant.” Large group walking from building to building, inspecting areas indicated by captions and signs on buildings. “Ford experimental laboratory at Dearborn.” Men walking from building - men walking into hangar with sign overhead, ‘Ford Airport.’ “Ford dealers served by Des Moines branch visit Ford plants. 113 representatives inspect the Ford activities at River Rouge, Michigan.” Large group walking from building to building and in buildings. “Ford dealers served by Pittsburgh branch visit Ford plants. 196 representatives inspect the Highland Park plant, Detroit, Michigan.” Railroad station, large group gets off train - streetcar, automobile traffic - group walking from building to building. “Ford dealers served by Louisville branch visit Ford plants. 152 representatives inspect the Highland Park plant, Detroit, Michigan.” Railroad train into station, workers - large group gets off train - automobile, streetcar, pedestrian traffic - group walking from building to building and in building. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Dealers in plant yard, watching steel rolling - police escorted motorcade of double-deck buses, train in background - sign above door of large building, ‘Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory’ as dealers leaving building - dealers scratching steel rolling machinery in operation, workers. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Detroit, Michigan. Ford dealers served by Cincinnati and Atlanta branches visit Ford plants. Atlanta sent 100 and Cincinnati 135 to see the wonders of the River Rouge plant.” Dealers entering plant - watch machinery in operation - large group walking from building to building. “Detroit, Michigan. Ford dealers served by Denver, Washington, Norfolk, and Salt Lake City branches visit Ford plant. Denver sent 56, Washington 115. Norfolk 100 and Salt Lake 9 to view the wonders of River Rouge plant.” Dealers board buses. “Detroit, Michigan. Ford dealers served by Philadelphia branches visit Ford plant. 309 representatives view the wonders of this vast organization.” “The Rouge plant.” Busloads of dealers - dealers watch railroad gondola being loaded with coke. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Making glass at Rouge plant.” Dealers touring plant. “The pressed steel plant where fenders, cowls, and other body parts for Ford and Lincoln production are made.” Machinery in operation, fenders on conveyor belt. “Detroit, Michigan. Ford dealers served by Buffalo and Indianapolis branches visit Ford plant. 324 representatives from Buffalo and 207 from Indianapolis view wonders of this vast organization.” “The Rouge plant.” “Steel rolling mill.” “The manipulator handles steel ingots of enormous weight.” Large mechanical ‘hands’ lift ingot. “The Ford Airport.” Dealers inspecting aircraft. “Detroit, Michigan. Ford dealers served by New York branch visit Ford plants. 258 representatives view wonders of the vast organization.” Busloads of dealers - dealers watch railroad gondola being loaded with coke. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Detroit, Michigan, Ford dealers served by Twin City branch visit Ford plants. 187 representatives see wonders of River Rouge plant.” Dealers touring large plant - watch pipe cutting machinery in operation. “Detroit, Michigan, Ford dealers served by Milwaukee visit Ford plants. 368 representatives see wonders of the River Rouge plant.” Dealers with hats and canes in plant yard, watching plane take off, parachute drops. “The Rouge plant.” “Coke ovens.” “Detroit, Michigan, Ford dealers served by Chicago branch visit Ford plants. 353 representatives see wonders of the River Rouge plant.” “From February 1st to March 24th, 4,912 dealers, bankers, and city or state officials came to see the Ford plants.” [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Police escorted motorcade, industrial buildings in background, pedestrian traffic - car parked at building entrance, two men get out, enter building, chauffeur drives car away - man directs parking of cars in row on field - group gathers - views of group entering buildings, walking through plant yard - motorcade - group touring plant buildings watching assembly lines, walking from building to building - map of South America on plant wall - touring group in plant yard, entering and leaving buildings, in buildings, railroad trains, tractors, trucks, cranes operating - group by passenger train, group leaving train - touring group in plant yard, in plants, examining tractor, in plants. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Fleet of buses along snowy street - large group of men leaving buses - group posing - views of group going through plants and walking from building to building. “Detroit, Michigan. Ford dealers served by Memphis branch visit Ford plants. 179 representatives see wonders of River Rouge plant.” Group walking in plant yard - automobile, tractor, pedestrians, railroad train, truck traffic. “Detroit, Michigan. Ford dealers served by Fargo, Portland, and Seattle branches visit Ford plants. 166 representatives inspect the Ford activities at River Rouge, Michigan.” Fleet of buses - large group in plant yard, plant interior, on overpass between buildings. “Omaha paid its visit on February 1st & 2nd, 1926.” “Seattle, Portland, and Fargo visited through February 4-5-6, 1926.” “Louisville and Pittsburgh made their visit on February 9-10, 1926.” “De Moines visited Ford plants on February 11-12, 1926.” “Twin City visited the Ford plants on February 16-17, 1926.” “Memphis visited the Ford plants on February 18-19, 1926.” “Atlanta and Cincinnati visited the Ford plants on February 23-24, 1926.” “Denver, Washington, Norfolk, and Salt Lake City visited the Ford plants on February 25-26, 1926.” “St. Louis and Cleveland visited the Ford plants on March 1 & 2, 1926.” “Chicago visited the Ford plants on March 3-4, 1926.” “Cambridge visited the Ford plants on March 5-6, 1926.” “Milwaukee visited the Ford plants on March 9-10, 1926.” “Charlotte and Dallas visited the Ford plants on March 11 & 12, 1926.” “New York and Philadelphia visited the Ford plants on March 16 & 17, 1926.” “Buffalo and Indianapolis visited the Ford plants on March 18-19, 1926.” “New Orleans and Columbus visited the Ford plants on March 23-24, 1926.” “From February 1st to March 24, 4,912 dealers, bankers and city or state officials came to see the Ford plants.” [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Interior of plant, Eagle boat under construction, workers attaching siding - crane lifting part of superstructure into place - workers on boat, assembling superstructure - accelerated views of workers attaching side plating - sign on side of boat, ‘The World’s Record for Building and Launching a Boat is Fourteen Days Held by Great Lakes Engineering Company. Target for Ford Eagle Builders Ten Days - Can We Beat It?’ - mass of workers on boat. Shipyard at Rouge. Eagle plant under construction, large steam powered cranes lifting beams of superstructure into place -concrete pouring from mixer down wooden chutes - concrete beams in building - crane lifting steel and beam off pile, workers. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group of men on prow of Eagle boat, men on boat, horseplay - high view of deck, stern, U.S. flag - men on stern - group of men boarding Eagle boat - group on deck - shore, lighthouse, buildings - prow of boat - walkway along deck, lifeboat hanging from davit, men - three men turning the wheel - boat moving in water. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Hull of Eagle boat on shoring. “Here’s a chap who’s driving nails in the Kaiser’s coffin for each day he drives twelve hundred rivets in an ‘Eagle.’” “Not only is the ‘Eagle’ an entirely new type of craft but the manner of construction is peculiarly different from anything attempted before.” Man working on hull of Eagle boat set up on shoring. “The ‘Eagle’ is two hundred and four feet in length, consequently she can pass through the Welland Canal and down the St. Lawrence in her hunt for U-boats.” “In design the ‘Eagle’ is officially new. Nothing like her has ever been built. Composed almost entirely of straight lines and plain surfaces, she gives promise of speed and stability.” Man on scaffolding working on side. “Not only is the ‘Eagle’ an entirely new type of craft but the manner of construction is peculiarly different from anything attempted before.” “Thirteen punch presses with a capacity of fifty holes in one operation…44 single punch presses…two 80-ton riveting hammers and hundreds of air hammers are merrily singing the Kaiser’s death knell.” Punch press in operation. “‘American mechanisms -- designed by American engineers, constructed by American workers and operated by American fighters…are going to win the war on land, on water, and in the air.’ Henry Ford.” Man working on side of boat - workers riveting. “Within this short period immense buildings have sprung into being, and ships have been launched -- and the Kaiser said we couldn’t and wouldn’t fight.” Workers attaching rudder. “The lowering table is the largest hydraulic elevator in the world and in many ways the conspicuous element in this new ship building plan.” Eagle boat on lowering table, workers. “When an ‘Eagle’ is drawn upon the lowering table the total weight supported by the four hydraulic cylinders, which support the table, is two thousand tons or approximately four million pounds.” Eagle boat being lowered into water - boat moving out of launching area - view from above of Eagle boats at dock, river, construction site and pile drivers on far side of river - workers assembling superstructure of boat, 2/12/18. Superstructure being erected, 2/16/18. Keel plating lowered by crane, placed on superstructure, 2/17/18. Close-up of workers placing plating on levers, raising plating and attaching it to superstructure - workers laying an “I” beam for the keelson - accelerated scene of worker attaching plating to keelson - support pieces on table - workers attaching beam of superstructure to keelson. [1918]