Herbert Morton papers, 1929-1951.

Henry Ford (Organization)

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Morton, Herbert Frederick, 1890-1966.

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Herbert Morton collected heavily for Henry Ford in the creation of the Edison Institute (now The Henry Ford). Morton, an Englishman, acquired an extensive array of early steam engines and various other artifacts, including the Cotswold buildings now in Greenfield Village. From the description of Herbert Morton papers, 1929-1951. (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 713683042 ...

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 ...