William C. Klann papers, ca. 1918-1926.

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William C. Klann papers, ca. 1918-1926.

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The papers are primarily comprised of photographs, most significantly a set of images of the Liberty aircraft engine and its production. There are also a few photographs of Model T motor assembly, several of a group of men at an "old timers' party," a portrait of Klann with a Model T, and two group portraits that include both Klann and Henry Ford. In addition, there are four original parts drawings (pencil on tracing paper) dated 1924 and 1925; a 1926 assembly time study for axle, body, chassis, frame, ignition, inspection, minor assemblies, motor, painting, top assembly, trimming, and wheels; and an undated list of "men in charge of various departments."

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Ford Motor Company. Highland Park Plant

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Ford, Henry, 1863-1947

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Industrialist and philanthropist Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, grew up on a farm in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. Mechanically inclined from an early age, he worked in Detroit machine shops as a young man and became an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in 1891. Henry and Clara Jane Bryant, married in 1888, had one child, Edsel, born in 1893. In that same year, Henry tested his first internal combustion engine, and by 1896 completed his first car, the Quadricycle. Ford partnered in ...

Klann, William C., 1884-

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Born in Detroit, Michigan, William Klann was first employed by Ford Motor Company in 1905 as a machinist. Klann became a Ford production expert. By 1912, he was in charge of Model T motor assembly at the Highland Park Plant. In 1917 he was in charge of Ford Motor's mass production of the U.S.A. Standardized Aircraft Engine, popularly known as the Liberty engine, for the U.S. War Department. In 1923, the company sent Klann, along with a number of other key personnel, to England to improve the man...