[CLEARING LAND], ca. 1919 / [SAFETY PARADE, DETROIT], ca. 1919 / [MAKING BEEHIVES], ca. 1919 Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Workers dig around roots of up-rooted tree - team pulls tree - horse-operated winch pulls trees out of ground - close-up of winch - sheep grazing. [1919] b. Views of crowd - dignitaries pose - safety parade mounted police - bands - marching police - van with sign, ‘Banner Crew -- No Accidents -- Safety Always -- Enough Said’ - automobile - truck and cars - nurses - automobiles decorated with safety slogan signs, motorcycle police, marching units, safety floats, fire engines, bagpipe unit, school children, boy scouts, streetcars - man making speech. [1919] c. Farm buildings, windmill - cows leave corral, go through gate into pasture - wheat field - threshing machine in operation - men pull carts loaded with lumber - workers run boards through planing machine - saw boards into short lengths - worker removes boards from endless belt - wooden pieces are placed in press - small pieces of wood removed from belt - saws in operation - worker inspects joint cuts. [1919]
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