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- Drawing, "Head Lamp Lens," Ford Model A, June 27, 1930 - The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- June 27, 1930
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Drawing, "Head Lamp Lens," Ford Model A, June 27, 1930
The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- "Automobile Lamps," Gray & Davis, 1909 - Early automobile lamps functioned more as a warning to other people on the road than as an aid to the driver. Kerosene oil and acetylene gas were both used to fuel lamps early in the 20th century, until electric lamps became common in the 1910s. This catalog shows a variety of lamps manufactured by Gray & Davis of Amesbury, Massachusetts.
- 1909
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"Automobile Lamps," Gray & Davis, 1909
Early automobile lamps functioned more as a warning to other people on the road than as an aid to the driver. Kerosene oil and acetylene gas were both used to fuel lamps early in the 20th century, until electric lamps became common in the 1910s. This catalog shows a variety of lamps manufactured by Gray & Davis of Amesbury, Massachusetts.
- Drawing, "Head Lamp Lens," Ford Model A, January 20, 1932 - The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- January 20, 1932
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Drawing, "Head Lamp Lens," Ford Model A, January 20, 1932
The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- "Gray & Davis Inc., Manufacturers of Lamps, Dynamos and Starting Motors for Automobiles," 1916 - William Gray and Albert Davis formed Gray & Davis, Inc. in 1896, making lamps for motor cars. The Massachusetts based company expanded over the years to become a pioneer manufacturer of automobile electrical equipment. The company produced this catalog in 1916 to exhibit the range of their products: lamps, dynamos, and starting motors.
- 1916
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"Gray & Davis Inc., Manufacturers of Lamps, Dynamos and Starting Motors for Automobiles," 1916
William Gray and Albert Davis formed Gray & Davis, Inc. in 1896, making lamps for motor cars. The Massachusetts based company expanded over the years to become a pioneer manufacturer of automobile electrical equipment. The company produced this catalog in 1916 to exhibit the range of their products: lamps, dynamos, and starting motors.