Project
Henry Ford
Division of Public Programs
Photo caption
Henry Ford with Ford Model T, Buffalo, New York, 1921.
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Photo caption
Henry Ford with Ford Model T, Buffalo, New York, 1921.
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
An absorbing life story of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century, Henry Ford offers an incisive look at the birth of the American auto industry with its long history of struggles between labor and management, and a thought-provoking reminder of how Ford's automobile forever changed the way we work, where we live, and our ideas about individuality, freedom, and possibility.