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The rocking chair that Lincoln was shot in was claimed by the government but returned to the widow of a man with this last name |
Ford
DD
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$2,000 |
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HISTORIC OBJECTS |
2025-06-16 |
#9356 |
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No. 40 of U.S. vice presidents, he was on 2 national championship-winning college football teams |
Ford
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$200 |
J |
ON THE HISTORIC TOP 40 |
2025-02-18 |
#9272 |
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In 1914 this automaker raised the minimum wage for his employees to $5 a day, more than twice the going rate |
Henry Ford
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$200 |
J |
THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE |
2023-11-13 |
#8971 |
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Thisman built a big racecar in 1902, & hired bicyclist Barney Oldfieldto driveit; together, they would race into history |
Henry Ford
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$600 |
J |
HELPFUL HISTORIC FIGURES |
2022-10-05 |
#8713 |
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Leading up to the Model T, he said, "I will build a motorcar for the great multitude" |
Ford
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$400 |
DJ |
HISTORIC HENRYS |
2021-03-16 |
#8357 |
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In 1914 this motor company instituted a wage of $5 per day & shortened the work day to 8 hours |
Ford
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$400 |
J |
JANUARY IN HISTORY |
2020-01-09 |
#6 |
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December 10, 1915 marked a milestone with the production of the one millionth car from this company |
Ford
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$400 |
DJ |
MICHIGAN HISTORY |
2016-09-29 |
#7369 |
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This car company once used characters from the comic strip Peanuts in commercials for its Falcon |
Ford
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$400 |
DJ |
AN "F" IN HISTORY |
2003-04-30 |
#4308 |
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In 1922 this company peeled off 8 million Washingtons for a Lincoln--Lincoln Motors |
Ford
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$200 |
J |
20th CENTURY BUSINESS |
2002-07-19 |
#4135 |
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On June 4, 1896 he completed assembly of his first auto, the quadricycle, in Detroit |
Henry Ford
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$100 |
J |
19th CENTURY BUSINESS LEADERS |
2001-09-21 |
#3920 |
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Born on a farm in Dearborn, Michigan in 1863, he repaired steam engines before building cars |
Henry Ford
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$100 |
J |
HISTORIC AMERICANS |
1998-11-19 |
#3269 |
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This industrialist stocked the woodlands around his home, Fair Lane, with about 300 deer |
Henry Ford
DD
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$1,300 |
DJ |
HISTORIC PLACES |
1997-04-21 |
#2921 |
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On December 10, 1915 this automaker's one millionth car rolled off the assembly line in Detroit |
Ford
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$100 |
J |
THE 1910s |
1997-03-06 |
#2889 |
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The Michigan farmhouse where this automaker was born can be seen in Greenfield Village |
Henry Ford
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$400 |
J |
HISTORIC HOMES |
1996-05-10 |
#2705 |
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In Fort Myers, Florida you can visit "The Mangoes", the winter home that suited this car manufacturer to a "T" |
Henry Ford
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$200 |
DJ |
HISTORIC AMERICA |
1994-06-01 |
#2258 |
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On Nov 1, 1993 Alexander Trotman replaced Harold A. Poling as CEO of this auto company |
Ford
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$800 |
DJ |
THE 1990s |
1994-05-13 |
#2245 |
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The American Chronicle says that in 1924 half a million people wrote this Michigander asking for money |
Henry Ford
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$300 |
J |
THE ROARING '20s |
1993-07-02 |
#2050 |
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In 1956 this family-owned U.S. auto company began to sell shares of stock |
Ford
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$200 |
J |
AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY |
1991-01-23 |
#1478 |
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Going to road test his 1st car June 4, 1896, he found the shed door wasn't wide enough to get the car out |
Henry Ford
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$400 |
DJ |
THE 1890s |
1987-11-26 |
#744 |