NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a.School children cross intersection in residential area under direction of safety patrol - horse-drawn ice wagon travels along tree-lined street - children hitch ride on wagon - driver chases children - man delivers ice. “These pictures were reproduced from police records and show how accidents happen.’’ Parade in Detroit with mounted policemen, police band - paraders carrying safety signs, ‘Don’t Jay Walk,’ etc. “Our street accidents will be avoided only through our individual alertness and the proper consideration for others.” Parade of policemen, safety signs continue along with police wagon, fire equipment. “It is safer to cross streets with the vehicular traffic, like this --” Pedestrian traffic. “‘Better late to the office than early to Heaven,’ said the officer who rescued this young lady.” Policeman yanks woman out of path of automobile. “Drivers beware!” Automobile pulls away from curb into path of approaching automobile. “Do not drive in front of approaching traffic like this --” Automobile intersects paths of streetcars approaching from both directions - policemen demonstrate artificial respiration on accident victim - boy falls from rear of automobile into path of following automobile - warning painted on street, ‘School Limit 10 miles’ - school safety patrolman - children diving into water, swimming - (repeat of first scene). [1918] b. Cows graze in open fields, return to enclosure - calf feeding, calf leaves barn. [1918] c. “The legs are held straight with toes pointed and slightly turned in. This position is retained continuously. The knees are together and the feet work straight up and straight down. It is a good sign when the heels break the surface.” Swimmer demonstrates the flutter kick and Australian crawl. “There is no swimming stroke which permits the head above the surface. Ninety percent of the art of swimming consists of breathing. Note how the air is always taken by way of the mouth. Never hold your breath.” Demonstration of head position, breathing while swimming. “The Submarine. This stunt is the invention of Mr. Henry, the great English stunt swimmer. Accomplished by a rapid sculling wrist motion.” Demonstration of the ‘Submarine.’ [1918] d. Dairy workers operate milk bottling and milking machinery. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man wades out of pool of alligators, wades back in, takes alligator by snout, lets it go, pets and plays with alligators - man teases alligator with hat, it snaps, close-ups of alligators - small boy rides alligator with help of man - baby alligators - man prods alligators with stick, they react - hand holds freshly hatched baby alligator, eggs hatching - large alligator - man wrestles medium sized alligator - alligator climbs steep ramp, slides down slide into water - alligators fight over food - alligators feed - little girl feeds alligators. [1916] b. Keeper with bear cub, cubs play, dance with keeper - mountain sheep - buffalo - llamas, man hand feeds them - camels - bears - bears - bears - beaver swims in pond. [1921]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. People on amusement rides - ‘Over the Top,’ a large revolving platform. “Put the play spirit into work...a study of the lives of great men is proof sufficient that they faced their tasks with the spirit of play.” Amusement park, train, other rides. “Ordinarily mankind is quite averse to looking and acting the ridiculous, particularly before his fellows. Not so at ‘Coney’ however for here he pays for the privilege.” Activated stair, uneven slide. “And more than that, you’ll ‘act up’ in a manner you’d hardly believe possible.” ‘Human pool table,’ barkers, steeplechase - beach, surf and swimming pool. “Play has entered into the spirit of winning the War, for the Yanks with their love for clean sport have installed a new vigor in the Western front. Today the French Army is learning baseball.” Soldiers playing ball and running sack race. “The first duty of school and state to the child is to preserve his joy of life.” Children on playground. “Not the quarry but the chase, Not the laurel but the race, Not the hazard but the play, Make me, Lord, enjoy always.” School children dance in circles. [1918] b. “When the center snaps the ball back for an end run --” Football team on scrimmage line. “-- little attention is paid to how the ball in use is made. First cut from selected cow hide.” Machine cutting of pieces for football. “Cementing lining which adds strength and gives shape.” Women cement linings. “Sewing the sections and tacking them together.” Workers operate sewing machines and saw by hand. “Having been sewed inside out the ball is now turned inside in.” [1920]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “Have you ever been to Coney? -- No? Well then you’ve missed half of the fun in this old world for Coney is where they manufacture it. Fun in large packages or small, for grown up or growing ups -- it’s the place to play for a day.” View of wide street, large buildings, traffic, automobile, pedestrian, lamp posts along street - view of people walking down store-lined and concession-lined street - large round tilting and revolving structure with cars moving along outside track, close-up of ride, elephant walks through foreground, people entering ears, ride in operation - cars swinging from long cables - cars being swung around corners. [1918] b. Formation of B-24 Liberator bombers in flight - close-up of bomber in flight - fuselage of plane at Willow Run - women workers installing wiring, other parts of B-24 fuselage - overhead view of workers assembling airplane - wing - interior view of plant, machinery. [1942]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Views of large group, some men in American Legion caps, touring plant - men in buildings, yard, climbing aboard railroad locomotive, boarding bus. [1931] b. Airplane in flight - portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II with dog - Prince Louis Ferdinand leaving building, sitting in chair in apartment, on sofa, driving automobile. [1931] c. “Civic ceremonies and open house mark official opening of splendid new branch on April 21st, 1930.” Street, railroad tracks, traffic, parked cars, pedestrians, large building. “Many beautiful flowers were received from well-wishers.” Baskets of flowers inside building, portrait of Henry Ford on wall. “The guests arrive.” Crowd moving toward building - men climbing onto dock from small boat. “The Ford Tri-Motor plane attracted much interest.” Tri-Motor ‘Quick Silver’ on field, crowd around it. “The Ford steamship ‘Oneida’ arrives with the first cargo of car and truck parts from the East.” [1930]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Sheep grazing on hillside - kitten and puppy eat from same dish, boy plays with them - goose with goslings in farm yard - hens and chicks - turkeys and chickens. “Yes, we have lots to be thankful for, Mrs. Turkey makes reply.” Fowls in farm yard - chicks - baby birds in nest - pig with piglets. “12 o’clock.” Sow feeding piglets - Shetland pony with foal - calves, cow feeding calf - ewe and lamb - fawn resting under tree - hen with chicks - rabbits, young and adult - goose lures goslings into water - young kangaroo with mother - dog with puppies. [1919] b. “Ladies and Gentlemen, having bought your tickets step right this way.” Ducks on pond. “You won’t need a fur expert to tell you this seal is genuine.” Seal goes in and out of water, gets a fish each time out - keeper feeds seals - woman pets deer, horns in the velvet - man pets, feeds deer - large buck elk with horns in the velvet, keeper hand feeds him - yak - buffalo - coyotes - raccoons - bear in tree, crosses stream on log, re-crosses - bears in zoo - bird gets off eggs on ground - monkey’s sea lion - chimpanzee takes food from keeper. “A bale of hay would be a mouthful for this hippopotamus, in and out of water.” Elephant follows keeper across bridge and enters pool - water birds on pond - lion - keeper preparing meat for animals. “A Senegal lion, the King of them all.” Keepers feed lion, tigers. “Perhaps Barnum got his ‘hunch’ here.” Camels. “There’s the Red Fox, the Coyote, the Eskimo dog and the Australian Dingo.” “You may talk about the donkey but you should hear the Ze ‘bray.’” Yaks - llama - kangaroos - bears. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Apple trees - workers pick apples. “Sorting the fruit. The pickers having filled their bags, carry them to the sorting table where the apples are graded according to size.” Worker fastens lid to barrel, loads boxes on horse-drawn wagon. “Trucking a big load to the freight depot.” “A luscious wine apple. Fruit of this description is graded as ‘Fancy’ stock and brings a ‘Fancy’ price.” “There ain’t going to be any core.” Man eats apple. “…is an important factor in the development of the apple orchard. More than half a million successful grafts is the record of this man -- some grafter.” Man demonstrating tree-grafting process. “Setting the graft.” “The old cider mill. The windfalls and lower grades of fruit are gathered and taken to the mill for cider making.” “The milkman stops on his home journey and takes away a barrel of sweet cider.” Loads barrel on milk wagon. “Making cider is evidently a righteous undertaking, at least this venerable manufacturer has been in the business for over sixty years.” Filling cider barrel - cider maker - children sip cider from barrel with straw, are chased away. Making apple butter over fire outdoors. “And now for the pie-peeling apples in a way mother never did.” Pie making on commercial scale - apple peeling machine. “Mixing and kneading the pie crust.” “Filling the pie crusts.” “Crisp and brown, fresh from the huge ovens.” [1916] b. “An important manufacturing city and lake port. Much of the iron ore, copper and lumber from Lake Superior passes through Toledo. Toledo has a population of 170,000.” Panorama - river - bridges - waterfront - industrial district, sign on building, ‘You Will Do Better in Toledo.’ “Madison Street, the main business and shopping district of Toledo.” Pedestrian, automobile, streetcar, horse-drawn vehicle traffic. “Loading a big lake freighter. Note particularly the unique method employed in this work. The freight car is lifted complete in an immense crane and its load of coal shot into the ship.” Coal freighter ‘Leonard C. Hanna.’ [1916] c. “Cleveland, a city of 640,000 people, is the metropolis of Ohio. Its most important manufactures are in iron and steel and their products. Cleveland is noted among American cities for the width of its streets. Euclid Avenue the main thoroughfare on the east side is one of the famous streets of the world.” Panorama of business district - Euclid Avenue, pedestrian, streetcar, automobile traffic. “The public square. The center of the downtown business district from which radiate Cleveland’s principal thoroughfares and street railway lines.” “Cleveland street railway systems have attracted wide attention…” Aerial view of street with streetcars. “Public square and fountain.” “Statue of General Moses Cleveland who in 1796 founded the city of Cleveland. Standing majestically in the heart of the city…” “Cleveland is noted for its plan for grouping its public buildings in a ‘civic center’ being the first American city to engage in actual construction of a great project of this character.” Public buildings. “Rocky Bridge connecting Rocky River and Lakewood, Ohio, suburbs of Cleveland.” “Rockefeller Park…” Automobile traffic on parkways. “The Garfield Memorial Mausoleum an impressive structure situation in beautiful Lake View Cemetery.” [1916]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Girl standing by large tank with sea turtle swimming in it - turtle catches and eats fish - eels in glass-front tank - tanks with various fish, crabs, eels, turtles, seals. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Aquarium - several tanks of fish and aquatic animals as seen through glass front tanks - little girl looking at fish - keepers feeding fish from backs of tanks. [1919] b. Crowd in front of building, sign over door ‘Lincoln Sales and Service’ - two men with little boy in sailor suit leaving building - plant interior - large electromagnet picking up scrap metal moving it to another part of room. [1924] c. Workers, steam powered crane lifting part of ship’s engine from shell of ship, placing it on railroad flatcar. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: International Good Roads Tour. Group of men with a row of parked trucks - two men drive a fire engine out of the row - motorcycle policeman escorts Maxwell trucks along busy street - people watch from second story windows - crowd along street, policeman in intersection directing traffic, streetcar traffic. “Leaving Detroit the Pikers cross the river into Canada for ten days, receive a Scottish welcome and pitch their first camp on a race track.” Motorcade, some cars with signs, boarding ferryboat - view of waterfront from ferryboat - group waiting on ferry slip - motorcade leaving ferryboat - Border Cities Pipe Band with kilted bagpipers and drum - sign across road, ‘Welcome to Canada, Michigan Pikes Association’ - views of setting up camp (some action accelerated) - tents and crowd. “Preceding the Pikers is the ‘Pilot’ who marks the way for the approaching tourists.” “A Piker’s life is the life for me.” Camp, tents, automobiles, campers do snake dance around camp. “But even a Piker’s life has its woes.” Panel trucks at camp site, men jump on running boards as trucks start - dirt road in country, men pushing truck through mud. “A visit from the Pikers means a public reception and holiday everywhere.” Parades in several towns with bands, motorcades, marching units, crowds - group in park, canoe on lake. “Gets them all keyed up.” Group with band in background, two men shake hands, one gives other key to city - group of boy scouts, present key to member of touring party - group of men present key. “The town folk dine them.” Crowd outside of large tent - group of women in tent set out food - crowd around outdoor table - park, crowd. “Hear their gospel of good roads.” Crowd in front of small country church, member of touring party making a speech - dense crowd in street in business district, band playing in center of crowd. [1920]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Michigan Pike Association Tour. Car driven down city street lined with spectators, man with megaphone gets out, poses, crowd gathered around - man talking to minister, shaking hands, talking to man in straw hat. “This Piker picked a peck of pickerel.” Two men get out of rowboat, one has string of fish. “You may set our camp on fire but you cannot burn it down.” Men rush from tents, climb on fire truck. “Pikers carry their own fire apparatus.” Men drive truck to river - pump water from river - pose in front of fire truck. “Pike tours have become a big thing. Telegraphers daily inform the world of the Pikers’ doing.” Reporters and telegraph operators sitting around truck. “These logs were made into pulp, the pulp into paper and on the paper was printed all the news of the pikes tour.” Logger floating logs down river. “Pikers have guard mount, probably to guard their mileage.” Men lined up for inspection. “This Canadian town twice decorated itself. The other time was for the Prince of Wales.” Automobile parade entering decorated town. “Pikers even meet horses.” “Not too much hooch, simply a touch of reflection. It fooled the Pikers.” Train crossing bridge over log filled river is reflected in water. “This is the only use some people ever have for water.” Man on raft in river washing. “And the band played ‘Coming through on high.’” Kilted band. “Toronto is 42 miles away. The tour boss has to be in Toronto within 30 minutes, and he gets there on time.” Car flying U.S. and Canadian flags pulls up to biplane on field, men jump out and climb into plane, plane takes off. “Pikers locked up.” Boatload of waving Pikers on the Ferry Boat ‘Premier’ going through locks. “As they go through the Soo Canal Locks.” View of lock from boat - lock opening - view of freighter in canal - drawbridge. “Back in the U.S.A. at Sault St. Marie, Mich.” Parade of marchers, band, automobiles, and trucks down spectator lined street - view of camp from river - cars parked along river, men pose by cars, freighter passes in background. “What Piker will forget Duncan’s Bay?” View of bay - Pikers in camp. [1920]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: International Good Roads Tour. Truck crossing wooden bridge - lake, shoreline from water - lake, boat alongside of jetty, pedestrians in park on shore, sailboat - crowd along road at end of bridge, Minuteman Statue in background, two trucks are driven off bridge - tourists viewing monument - man sitting under tree - water and shoreline from boat, excursion boat from deck of boat, crewmember on deck, Canadian flag, shore from boat. “Meeting up with a bit of the wild and wooly.” Indians in native costume and feather headdresses dance outside building. “Big Chief, Little Chief and Mrs. Hand-in-the-Face.” Indians pose in groups and singly. “Even the fawns vamp the Pikers.” Two men hold and pet fawn. “A famous race classic -- the Pikers’ Handicap.” Couples dance in ballroom. “The Pikers tour is filled with high notes.” Several parades, marchers, band, bicyclists, motorcade, crowds, horseback rider, motorcycle policeman, fire engine. “They do some of their touring in B flat but not on flat wheels.” Park, bandstand, crowd - camp, automobiles parked in row, tents, crowd, band playing, fire engine in foreground, camp truck, ‘Napoleon’ over rear door. “None other than the famous hand of Henry Ford.” Bands playing in front of several different large buildings. “City parks are built for parking plots for Pikers.” Group carrying blankets walking across street. “The brother of September Morn.” Man runs into surf. “‘You furnish the appetite; we furnish the eats,’ say the tour cooks.” Truck is driven off ferryboat - Maxwell camp trucks lined up, stairs attached to rear of trucks - cooks - outdoor table, group filling plates - tour members pose by tent. “Best remedy in the world for lost appetite is a Pike tour.” Group eating. “The biggest, littlest boss of the Piker, W.D. Edenbum, known from coast to coast as ‘Eddie, the Human Dynamo.’” Man sitting under a tree talking to small boy, boy leaves, man comes up, sits down, they look at papers. “That’s him, with the megaphone.” [1920]