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Building a Highland Park plant for the digital age

When Ford Motor Company engineers developed the assembly line at the Highland Park Plant back in 1913, they were seeking to increase production volume in More

Buck Rogers Comic Strip Characters and Space Vehicles, Cocomalt Premium, circa 1934, from the collections of The Henry Ford. Featuring a space pterodactyl!

Our New Year’s resolution: More artifacts at your fingertips

The coming of a New Year is a great time to set resolutions, and for 2012, The Henry Ford has picked at least one doozy More

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Henry Ford: Santa Claus?

Well, not really. While there is no absolute proof that Henry Ford actually donned the iconic red suit and white beard, it is not beyond More

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From Dixie to the stars and stripes: Exploring patriotic sheet music from our collections

In recognition of our upcoming Independence Day, Marilyn Zoidis – our director of historical resources – compiled a selection of patriotic music from our collections More

Historic Video of the Month: May Festival on the Village Green, Greenfield, Michigan, May 24, 1930

May is on its way out, and spring has finally established itself in this neck of the woods. Let’s close out the month with a More

Historic Video of the Month: Scenes from the New York World's Fair (1940)

Every month, we feature a video from Film Source, The Henry Ford’s online collection of historic motion picture film shorts. The films were originally produced More

Historic Video of the Month: "Ford at Greenfield Village and Ford Engineering Laboratory"

Every month, we feature a video from Film Source, The Henry Ford’s online collection of historic motion picture film shorts. The films were originally produced More

Pic of the month: Self-portraits in a heartbeat

Every month our curators spotlight a different item from The Henry Ford’s collections for our Pic of the Month.  This month, Cynthia Read Miller, Curator More

Historic Video of the Month: December

Every month, we feature a video from Film Source, The Henry Ford’s online collection of historic motion picture films shorts.   The films were originally More

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Inside the photobooth

  We’re excited to announce our newest collection on Flickr:  photobooth portraits, which joins our other historic photos on Flickr in giving new access to More

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