HARVEST OF THE YEARS, THE. STORY OF THE TRIUMPH OF AN IDEA, A Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Huge globe in Ford Rotunda - Henry Ford’s first workshop, automobile traffic superimposed - interior of shop, lathe, crude engine - panoramic aerial view of plants, ship at docks - Ford Rotunda, buses, pedestrian traffic - spectators inside Rotunda, exhibits of cars, new Mercury, revolving exhibits of ‘Rubber,’ ‘Zinc,’ ‘Cotton’ - information booth, V-8 motor exhibit - crowd outside Rotunda, buses - Lincoln plant, streetcar, automobile traffic - water tower, sign, ‘Ford Lincoln,’ and smokestack - plant interior, production line, workers inspecting crankshaft - engines on overhead conveyors - testing motors - freighter at dock, huge crane, bridge in background - horizontal crane seen from between two ships - Lincoln plant, car stops in front - workers in testing laboratory - testing noise level in car - cars on test track - worker testing smoothness of shaft - small parts being sorted by machine - chemistry laboratory, testing fabric - worker pouring reagent into vat, placing lid on it - worker scooping ingredients into hopper, round flat pellets dropping from machine - plant yard, overhead covered walkway, railroad tracks, Ford freight train passing - freight train, crane, and smokestack from between ships - workers leaving plant - small town business district, automobile, pedestrian traffic - farm implements in field, trees, buildings in distance. [1928]
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