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- Henry and Edsel Ford with a New Ford Model A at the Industrial Exposition, 1928 - Henry Ford and Edsel Ford introduced the Model A on December 2, 1927. After 19 years of Model T production, the public was eager for Ford Motor Company's new car. It took six months of intensive design work and plant retooling, but the Model A was a hit. Ford sold nearly five million cars over the Model A's four-year production run.
- January 01, 1928
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Henry and Edsel Ford with a New Ford Model A at the Industrial Exposition, 1928
Henry Ford and Edsel Ford introduced the Model A on December 2, 1927. After 19 years of Model T production, the public was eager for Ford Motor Company's new car. It took six months of intensive design work and plant retooling, but the Model A was a hit. Ford sold nearly five million cars over the Model A's four-year production run.
- Henry Ford and Edsel Ford at Ford Industrial Exposition in New York City, 1928 - Henry Ford and Edsel Ford were photographed in a happy moment after the introduction of the all-new Ford Model A in December 1927. Edsel Ford had pushed his reluctant father to replace the aging Model T when sales slumped in the mid-1920s. The Model A was a hit. Ford sold nearly five million of them over the car's four-year production run.
- January 01, 1928
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Henry Ford and Edsel Ford at Ford Industrial Exposition in New York City, 1928
Henry Ford and Edsel Ford were photographed in a happy moment after the introduction of the all-new Ford Model A in December 1927. Edsel Ford had pushed his reluctant father to replace the aging Model T when sales slumped in the mid-1920s. The Model A was a hit. Ford sold nearly five million of them over the car's four-year production run.
- Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with Ford Model A Fordor Sedan, New York Industrial Exposition, 1928 - Henry Ford and Edsel Ford introduced the Model A on December 2, 1927. After 19 years of Model T production, the public was eager for Ford Motor Company's new car. It took six months of intensive design work and plant retooling, but the Model A was a hit. Ford sold nearly five million cars over the Model A's four-year production run.
- January 01, 1928
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Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with Ford Model A Fordor Sedan, New York Industrial Exposition, 1928
Henry Ford and Edsel Ford introduced the Model A on December 2, 1927. After 19 years of Model T production, the public was eager for Ford Motor Company's new car. It took six months of intensive design work and plant retooling, but the Model A was a hit. Ford sold nearly five million cars over the Model A's four-year production run.
- Newspaper Article, "World's Record for the "999," January 13, 1904 - On January 12, 1904, Henry Ford and his riding mechanic Ed "Spider" Huff set a world speed record of 91.37 miles per hour on a frozen Lake St. Clair, northeast of Detroit. The feat raised Ford Motor Company's profile, and the racer-- referred to as the Ford "999"--became a common subject in Ford advertisements.
- January 12, 1904
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Newspaper Article, "World's Record for the "999," January 13, 1904
On January 12, 1904, Henry Ford and his riding mechanic Ed "Spider" Huff set a world speed record of 91.37 miles per hour on a frozen Lake St. Clair, northeast of Detroit. The feat raised Ford Motor Company's profile, and the racer-- referred to as the Ford "999"--became a common subject in Ford advertisements.
- Letter from H.O. Smith to Henry Ford regarding Ford's Land Speed Record, 1904 - Henry Ford and his riding mechanic Ed "Spider" Huff set a world speed record of 91.37 miles per hour, on the frozen surface of Lake St. Clair near Detroit, on January 12, 1904. Following his feat, Ford received this letter from H.O. Smith, president of the G&J Tire Company of Indianapolis, congratulating him on the record.
- January 13, 1904
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Letter from H.O. Smith to Henry Ford regarding Ford's Land Speed Record, 1904
Henry Ford and his riding mechanic Ed "Spider" Huff set a world speed record of 91.37 miles per hour, on the frozen surface of Lake St. Clair near Detroit, on January 12, 1904. Following his feat, Ford received this letter from H.O. Smith, president of the G&J Tire Company of Indianapolis, congratulating him on the record.