Archive for June 19th, 2009

19
Jun
09

The henry ford preps pony cars for motor muster

Two bona fide hits and one narrow miss from The Henry Ford’s automotive collection will take to the streets of Greenfield Village this weekend at Motor Muster. More than 1,100 vehicles are scheduled to appear at the annual event, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Derek Moore, The Henry Ford’s conservation specialist for transportation collections, says the hits — the 1965 Ford Mustang serial number 1 and the 1956 Chrysler 300B Kiekhaefer stock car — have been shown at Motor Muster before and require relatively little preparation: mostly close inspections and installation of fluids. The Mustang, which appeared in the 2004 Motor Muster, was a hit with young buyers when the pony car was introduced some 45 years ago. The 300B Kiekhaefer stock car, part of the 2006 Motor Muster, was owned by Carl Kiekhaefer’s team, which ruled NASCAR in 1955 and 1956, and was driven by NASCAR national champs Tim Flock in 1955 and Buck Baker in 1956.

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19
Jun
09

Historic photos on Flickr

Girls reading outside a bookstore, New York or New Jersey, 1890-1910

Girls reading outside a bookstore, New York or New Jersey, 1890-1910, by Jenny Chandler

The Henry Ford has an extensive collection of historic photos, and we’re excited to make them more accessible on the web.  We are hoping to join the Flickr Commons, but we couldn’t wait to share these pictures with you!  For starters, we’ve put up on our Flickr page a collection of the photos of Jenny Chandler, an early twentieth century woman photojournalist from Brooklyn.  We’d love to know more about the photos and their subjects:  can you help?  Take a look at the collection.

We’ve also posted a set of Ford Model T advertisements on Flickr, and we have a collection of photographs called Image Source up on our own website too.

Please check out our photos on Flickr and tell us what you think, or if you see your great-great grandmother!  What other images would you like to see The Henry Ford share on the web?




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