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  2. The Dearborn Independent - Wikipedia

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    The Dearborn Independent, also known as The Ford International Weekly, was a weekly newspaper established in 1901, and published by Henry Ford from 1919 through 1927. The paper reached a circulation of 900,000 by 1925, second only to the New York Daily News , largely due to a quota system for promotion imposed on Ford dealers.

  3. Henry Ford Hospital (painting) - Wikipedia

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    Henry Ford Hospital is a 1932 oil-on-metal painting by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo about her experience of delivering a dead male fetus on 4 July at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, United States, when she was approximately 3 1 ⁄ 2 months pregnant.

  4. History of Ford Motor Company - Wikipedia

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    Henry Ford (pictured c. 1919), founded and led the company, presiding over it during two tenures, 1906–1919 and 1943–1945. The Ford Motor Company is an American automaker, the world's fifth largest based on worldwide vehicle sales.

  5. Ford Valencia Body and Assembly - Wikipedia

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    In 1973 the Ford Motor Company headed by Henry Ford II purchased 270 acres (1.1 km 2) of orchard on the edge of Valencia. Exactly 1,000 days later, on 18 October 1976, the first Ford Fiesta rolled off the production line. [2] Just a week after that, on 25 October 1976, the king formally inaugurated the plant. [3] Construction had cost 680 ...

  6. List of leaders of Ford Motor Company - Wikipedia

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    The President of Ford Motor Company has been a key officer since 1903, with four noted vacancies after Semon Knudsen was fired in 1969, after two vice-chairmen were appointed in 1987, Philip Benton Jr's retirement on January 1, 1993, and Jim Padilla's retirement in April 2006.

  7. Harry Bennett - Wikipedia

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    Harry Herbert Bennett (January 17, 1892 – January 4, 1979), was a boxer, naval sailor, and businessman.From the 1920s through 1945, he worked for Ford Motor Company and was best known as the head of Ford’s "service department", the company's internal security agency.

  8. Fordlândia - Wikipedia

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    Ford's investment opportunity dried up overnight without producing any rubber for Ford's tires, and the second town was also abandoned. In 1945, Henry Ford's grandson Henry Ford II sold the area comprising both towns back to the Brazilian government for a loss of over US$20 million (equivalent to $338 million in 2023).

  9. Henry Harrison Ford - Wikipedia

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    Henry Harrison Ford (March 11, 1844 - September 23, 1887) was a member of the Texas House from 1873 to 1874. Life. He was born on March 11, 1844, in Mississippi to ...