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“Mesmerizing Alternating Diagonal Parking” is certainly a mixed metaphor, but it undeniably describes today’s image of a modern space-saving parking facility. Where it was shot is not known, but it was taken by professional photographer Joe Clark HBSS (Hill Billy Snap Shooter) of Detroit, Michigan, whose specialty, as his slogan spells it out was, “Pictures that tell…
Today’s feature image takes us to Peekskill, New York, to City Hall where a representative of Posey Motors Inc., a Ford and Mercury dealer there is having a City official sign off on the results of the 1940 “Mercury Eight” Economy Test Run. This press photo was likely used to promote the run in the area newspapers. The…
Today most new car buyers learn about the automobile they are interested in on the internet and then go and visit a dealer to purchase one. This early-1920s the situation was quite different and this image contains cars, a truck, a tractor and attachments from a Ford agency, all of which were moved to a…
In the mid-thirties, much like automakers have in recent times, the Ford Motor Company tried to capture a larger piece of the pie in the automotive filling station, service, parts, and sales market. The Company and some of its dealers opened small stand alone combination Ford gas station, car sales, and repair facilities, and it also…
Photos of autoworkers working on assembly lines, at workstations, operating machinery or on the plant floor performing their part of the manufacturing process, are all part of this series. Today in the lead photo and the enlargeable view below are close to a thousand Ford Motor Company workers at perhaps their happiest time of the…
This early tank-like design was a different concept than later conversions Photos of vehicles from the early days of motoring built specifically to deal with adverse winter conditions are always of interest here. Seen above, is a prototype driving system fitted to a Model “T” Ford in 1918 by Charles H. Martin of Springfield, Massachusetts to test…
A Ford worker operating a state-of-the art multiple-spindle drill press on a flathead V-8 engine block in 1934. The story of Ford’s enormous production facility located at the confluence of the Rouge and Detroit Rivers is very well known. Developed between 1917 and 1928, it’s specifications were staggering. It was a mile and a half…
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