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- Auto Dealer Stark Hickey (right) and Detroit Lions Player Clem Crabtree with a 1941 Lincoln Zephyr - Football fans could thank Dearborn, Michigan, Ford dealers for presenting radio broadcasts of the 1940 Detroit Lions' season. Fans could tune into WJR each week to hear the play-by-play. In addition, dealers sponsored an August preseason show that featured news from the Lions' training camp and interviews with players. Photographs, like this one, helped promote local dealers and the Lions' games.
- July 19, 1940
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Auto Dealer Stark Hickey (right) and Detroit Lions Player Clem Crabtree with a 1941 Lincoln Zephyr
Football fans could thank Dearborn, Michigan, Ford dealers for presenting radio broadcasts of the 1940 Detroit Lions' season. Fans could tune into WJR each week to hear the play-by-play. In addition, dealers sponsored an August preseason show that featured news from the Lions' training camp and interviews with players. Photographs, like this one, helped promote local dealers and the Lions' games.
- Henry Ford Trade School Football Team, 1922 - Boys who attended the Henry Ford Trade School learned by doing. The school, the brainchild of Henry Ford, trained teenage boys in a variety of skilled, industrial trade work. In addition to the manual training received, students attended traditional academic classes and could take part in athletic opportunities through a variety of sports like football.
- October 06, 1922
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Henry Ford Trade School Football Team, 1922
Boys who attended the Henry Ford Trade School learned by doing. The school, the brainchild of Henry Ford, trained teenage boys in a variety of skilled, industrial trade work. In addition to the manual training received, students attended traditional academic classes and could take part in athletic opportunities through a variety of sports like football.
- Henry Ford Trade School Football Team, December 1925 - Boys who attended the Henry Ford Trade School learned by doing. The school, the brainchild of Henry Ford, trained teenage boys in a variety of skilled, industrial trade work. In addition to the manual training received, students attended traditional academic classes and could take part in athletic opportunities through a variety of sports like football.
- December 08, 1925
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Henry Ford Trade School Football Team, December 1925
Boys who attended the Henry Ford Trade School learned by doing. The school, the brainchild of Henry Ford, trained teenage boys in a variety of skilled, industrial trade work. In addition to the manual training received, students attended traditional academic classes and could take part in athletic opportunities through a variety of sports like football.
- Henry Ford Trade School Football Team, November 1926 - Boys who attended the Henry Ford Trade School learned by doing. The school, the brainchild of Henry Ford, trained teenage boys in a variety of skilled, industrial trade work. In addition to the manual training received, students attended traditional academic classes and could take part in athletic opportunities through a variety of sports like football.
- November 13, 1926
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Henry Ford Trade School Football Team, November 1926
Boys who attended the Henry Ford Trade School learned by doing. The school, the brainchild of Henry Ford, trained teenage boys in a variety of skilled, industrial trade work. In addition to the manual training received, students attended traditional academic classes and could take part in athletic opportunities through a variety of sports like football.
- Advertising Photograph, Young Woman and Football Players with a 1940 Mercury Town Sedan - Ford Motor Company launched its Mercury line for 1939. The medium-priced car fit neatly between the basic Ford and the upmarket Lincoln. Ford promoted Mercury as a larger car that was economical to operate. The 1940 model seen here featured a 116-inch wheelbase -- four inches longer than a comparable Ford -- and fuel economy of up to 20 miles per gallon.
- September 21, 1939
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Advertising Photograph, Young Woman and Football Players with a 1940 Mercury Town Sedan
Ford Motor Company launched its Mercury line for 1939. The medium-priced car fit neatly between the basic Ford and the upmarket Lincoln. Ford promoted Mercury as a larger car that was economical to operate. The 1940 model seen here featured a 116-inch wheelbase -- four inches longer than a comparable Ford -- and fuel economy of up to 20 miles per gallon.
- Advertising Photograph, Young Woman and Football Players with a 1940 Mercury Town Sedan - Ford Motor Company launched its Mercury line for 1939. The medium-priced car fit neatly between the basic Ford and the upmarket Lincoln. Ford promoted Mercury as a larger car that was economical to operate. The 1940 model seen here featured a 116-inch wheelbase -- four inches longer than a comparable Ford -- and fuel economy of up to 20 miles per gallon.
- September 21, 1939
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Advertising Photograph, Young Woman and Football Players with a 1940 Mercury Town Sedan
Ford Motor Company launched its Mercury line for 1939. The medium-priced car fit neatly between the basic Ford and the upmarket Lincoln. Ford promoted Mercury as a larger car that was economical to operate. The 1940 model seen here featured a 116-inch wheelbase -- four inches longer than a comparable Ford -- and fuel economy of up to 20 miles per gallon.
- Advertising Photograph, Young Woman and Football Player with a 1940 Mercury Town Sedan - Ford Motor Company launched its Mercury line for 1939. The medium-priced car fit neatly between the basic Ford and the upmarket Lincoln. Ford promoted Mercury as a larger car that was economical to operate. The 1940 model seen here featured a 116-inch wheelbase -- four inches longer than a comparable Ford -- and fuel economy of up to 20 miles per gallon.
- September 21, 1939
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Advertising Photograph, Young Woman and Football Player with a 1940 Mercury Town Sedan
Ford Motor Company launched its Mercury line for 1939. The medium-priced car fit neatly between the basic Ford and the upmarket Lincoln. Ford promoted Mercury as a larger car that was economical to operate. The 1940 model seen here featured a 116-inch wheelbase -- four inches longer than a comparable Ford -- and fuel economy of up to 20 miles per gallon.
- Advertising Photograph, Young Woman and Football Players with a 1940 Mercury Town Sedan - Ford Motor Company launched its Mercury line for 1939. The medium-priced car fit neatly between the basic Ford and the upmarket Lincoln. Ford promoted Mercury as a larger car that was economical to operate. The 1940 model seen here featured a 116-inch wheelbase -- four inches longer than a comparable Ford -- and fuel economy of up to 20 miles per gallon.
- September 21, 1939
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Advertising Photograph, Young Woman and Football Players with a 1940 Mercury Town Sedan
Ford Motor Company launched its Mercury line for 1939. The medium-priced car fit neatly between the basic Ford and the upmarket Lincoln. Ford promoted Mercury as a larger car that was economical to operate. The 1940 model seen here featured a 116-inch wheelbase -- four inches longer than a comparable Ford -- and fuel economy of up to 20 miles per gallon.
- Advertising Photograph for the Detroit Catholic Central versus Boys Town Football Game on October 22, 1944 -
- October 14, 1944
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Advertising Photograph for the Detroit Catholic Central versus Boys Town Football Game on October 22, 1944
- Advertising Photograph for the Detroit Catholic Central versus Boys Town Football Game on October 22, 1944 -
- October 14, 1944
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Advertising Photograph for the Detroit Catholic Central versus Boys Town Football Game on October 22, 1944