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- 1920s: Henry Ford
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1920s Highlights
- People
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- Henry Ford
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- <p>(DECEMBER 12, 1927)
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- <p> How many million people saw the first appearance of the new
- Ford car last week, it is impossible to estimate. In Detroit
- Henry Ford, his son Edsel and grandsons Henry II and Benson
- examined the public display before the great Convention Hall's
- doors were opened to let 100,000 people in. Manhattan crowds
- were greater. Police were obliged to regulate the queues in
- other "key cities," notably Kansas City, Cincinnati, Norfolk,
- Omaha, Boston, St. Louis, Richmond, Chicago, Washington,
- Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, New
- Orleans, Atlanta.
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- <p> It marked a milestone for the automobile industry. The U.S.
- has about 20,000,000 motor vehicles operating. Half of them are
- old Fords, the Model T, which the Ford Motor Co. ceased making
- six months ago. It has made 15,000,000 of them since 1908. It
- continues to make parts for Model T, a business worth
- $10,000,000 yearly to the company.
- </p>
- <p> The appearance of the new Ford released accumulated orders
- for 1,000,000 cars, the Department of Commerce estimated last
- week. The Ford company received orders for more than 400,000,
- a great fraction of them before buyers had seen the new cars.
- </p>
- <p> The Ford carries as standard equipment a starter, five
- steel-spoke wheels, windshield wiper, speedometer, gasoline
- gauge, ammeter, dash light, mirror, rear & stop light, oil
- gauge, ignition lock, complete tool set. The gasoline tank is
- in front of the dash board. Gear shift is standard.
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