Robert Rankin papers, 1940-1947.
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Rankin, Robert, 1887-1966.
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A native of Scotland, Robert Rankin emigrated to the United States in 1913 and became a professional chauffeur in 1919. Rankin became Clara Ford's chauffeur in 1938. Beginning in 1945, he drove for both Henry and Clara Ford. After Clara's death in 1950, he was a driver for the Ford Motor Company. From the description of Robert Rankin papers, 1940-1947. (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 52889686 ...
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 ...
