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[Miss Maude Younger of San Francisco, Legislative Secty. of the National Womans Party, who has arrived in Washington to attend the Convention of the Womans Party, working on her Ford car - her dog, Sandy, is in the foreground]

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LOT subdivision subject: Women Politics & Suffrage.

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Caption card tracings: Wash. D.C. - WOMEN; Geogr.; Women; Autos; B.I.

The automobile was first invented and perfected in Germany and France in the late 1890s. Americans quickly came to dominate the automotive industry after WWI. Throughout this initial era, the development of automotive technology was rapid. Hundreds of small manufacturers competing to gain the world's attention. Key developments included the electric ignition system, independent suspension, and four-wheel brakes. Transmissions and throttle controls were widely adopted and safety glass also made its debut. Henry Ford perfected mass-production techniques, and Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler emerged as the “Big Three” auto companies by the 1920s. Car manufacturers received enormous orders from the military during World War II, and afterward automobile production in the United States, Europe, and Japan soared.

Ford Company is an American automaker and the world's fifth largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales. Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, the automaker was founded by Henry Ford, on June 16, 1903.

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photographic prints miss maude miss maude san francisco legislative secty legislative secty national womans party national womans party washington convention womans party ford car ford car dog sandy foreground pre 1920 cars california secretary automobile industry cars images of cars lot 12351 national photo company collection photo ford motor company washington dc united states history library of congress
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01/01/1909
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Automobiles Before 1920s

Pre-1920 Cars and Trucks

Automobile!

Automobile photographs from Library of Congress

Ford Cars, Trucks, Tractors and Airplanes

Ford in History of America
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photographic prints miss maude miss maude san francisco legislative secty legislative secty national womans party national womans party washington convention womans party ford car ford car dog sandy foreground pre 1920 cars california secretary automobile industry cars images of cars lot 12351 national photo company collection photo ford motor company washington dc united states history library of congress