Detroit Business District / Ford Automobiles and Trucks Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Detroit Business District ,1921 and 1926.Detroit business district with streetcars, automobile and pedestrian traffic, sightseeing buses - policeman in elevated booth directing traffic - traffic along a tree-lined street - accelerated automobile and pedestrian traffic in business district - caravan of trucks along a country road - coal truck, driver cranks up bed, dumps coal on sidewalk, shovels coal into chute - homes in a residential area. [1926] b. Man checks radiator of early model Ford, cranks engine, wipes off lamp, gets in, adjusts goggles, begins driving along a dirt road, stops and removes log from road, drives on - Henry Ford drives Quadricycle around plant yard - Ford Model T’s drive along a country road - Model T drives down embankment, weaves back and forth across roadway - automobiles drive onto ferry, are carried across a body of water, man cranks car, drives off at dock - horse-drawn wagon leaves ferry at dock - horse-drawn U.S. Mail wagon, mail man stops horse, delivers mail - two men stand by automobile mired in mud, men attempt to push automobile out of mud - Ford Motor Company plant - workers in plant yard - automobile driven along snow covered street - workers outside Ford plant - views of plant building. [1926]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects