Sailors Eating / A Study in Ford Safety / Amusement Park / Navy Bunks / Safety Education
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Two sailors, one in uniform, sitting outside kitchen door eating - they clown, take food from each other’s plates. [1918] b. “Thus on his own time the offender studies out his own salvation.” “-- grip it firmly at the bottom and avoid this.” Worker drops metal die on foot - falls to floor. [1918] c. Amusement park - people walk through revolving cylinder - views of a revolving ride with swinging gondolas - people lie on floor with revolving sections - view of roller coaster - boat ride - large horizontal wheel turning and rising and falling, people sit on rim. [1917] d. Sailors undress, place clothes in hammocks, swing up - view of hammocks, men getting in - sailors carrying duffle bags along muddy road. [1918] e. Crowd in rain; slum of city, clothes hanging on lines; crowd. Snow-covered street, two automobiles approach corner, one turns from wrong lane, forcing other into curb where it hits boy, spills his basket - drivers examine boy - residential street, child runs in front of car, mother covers face with hands, boy lying in street - policeman directing traffic at intersection, stops car, waves it on - car approaching railroad track, stops on track, men jump out and run, train hits car, stops, backs away from wreckage - children playing in street, car swerves to avoid hitting them - policeman on sidewalk, runs to examine boy hit by car. [1921]
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