| 2 | Title: | Thomas A. Edison collection, 1860-1980 (bulk 1860-1950) | Requires cookie* | | Accession: | 1630 | | | Creator: | Benson Ford Research Center. | | | Abstract: | Thomas A. Edison was a great American inventor, applying for 1,093 patents during his lifetime. The collection includes correspondence, drawings, notes, financial records, artifacts, photographs and negatives concerning his work, family, associates and relationship with Henry Ford. | | | Subjects: | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 | Edison family | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941 | Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928 | Edison Pioneers | Henry Ford (Organization) | Menlo Park Laboratory | Light’s Golden Jubilee (1929) | Electric engineers | Historic buildings | Inventors--United States | Inventions | Incandescent lamps | Sound recording industry | Correspondence | Financial records | Maps | Negatives | Patents | Photographs | Photograph albums | Scrapbooks | Sketches | Technical drawings | | | Similar Items: | Find |
4 | Title: | Clarence W. Olmstead records series, 1915-1954 (bulk 1936-1940) | Requires cookie* | | Accession: | 554 | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | Abstract: | The Clarence W. Olmstead records series contains attendance figures, budgets, contracts, correspondence, departmental communications, exhibit specifications, lectures, newspaper clippings, negatives, photographs, press releases publications, reports, speeches, and other records documenting the planning, implementation, and final analysis of Ford Motor Company exhibits at international, national, regional, and local events in the 1930s and 1940s. | | | Subjects: | Black, Fred L., 1891-1971. | Cameron, William John, 1879-1955 | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 | Olmstead, Clarence W. | Ford Motor Company--Public relations. | Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village. | Ford Rotunda (Dearborn, Mich.) | California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.) | Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) | Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.) | Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937 : Cleveland, Ohio) | Mid-America Exposition (1946 : Cleveland, Ohio) | Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.) | Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.) | New York World's Fair (1939-1940) | Advertising--Automobiles | Automobile industry and trade | Exhibit booths | Exhibition buildings | Exhibitions--United States. | Roads | Press releases | Clippings | Negatives | Photographs | Speeches | | | Similar Items: | Find |
5 | Title: | Topical for Henry Ford series, 1918-1930 | Requires cookie* | | Accession: | 34 | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department. | | | Abstract: | The series contains two subseries: the General photograph albums subseries and the Camping albums subseries. The General photograph albums subseries contains photographs of Henry Ford's mother's family, Fair Lane, and the ships M/S Henry Ford II and M/S Benson Ford. The Camping subseries contains photographs of Henry Ford's camping excursions with Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs. | | | Subjects: | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Ford, Benson, 1919-1978 | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943--Travel | Ford, Clara Bryant, 1966-1950--Travel | Burroughs, John, 1837-1921--Travel | Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933--Travel | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931--Travel | Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Travel | Ford family | Litogot family | Litogot, Sapharia, 1833-1878 | Mayo, William Benson, 1866-1944 | Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department | Ford Motor Company. Marine operations | Henry Ford II (Ship) | Benson Ford (Ship) | Ford Fleet | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Wayside Inn (Sudbury, Mass.) | Cargo ships | Santa Claus | Shipping--Great Lakes | Christmas | Camping | Automobile travel | Vacations | Waterwheels | Ford automobile | Packard automobile | Photographers | Locomotives | Horsemanship | Tractors | Fishing | Carts & wagons | Dearborn (Mich.) | Upper Peninsula (Mich.) | Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) | Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) | Photographs | Photograph albums | Photographic prints | Genealogies | Portraits | Group portraits | Negatives | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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