Fords auto empire
Henry Ford: The inventor of the Model T which was the first automobile. Released in 1908 his invention changed life and changed the way that we live today. His company "Ford" in Detroit Michigan is now one of the largest companies even in present day.
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The model T was the first major automobile of the time, it making Henry Ford the first American Billionaire
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Here is what a simple newspaper ad looked like back in the day. Back then they didn't have any of the technological advances we have today, so the big way to spread news about something was through newspaper ads. This article says that Ford was pretty much the best that money could buy, for the best price. The way Henry Ford mastered the assembly line made him able to produce cheap and reliable vehicles for the public to use in their everyday lives.
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Here we have a newspaper article by Henry for himself about his predictions on the future. He states that the promise of the future makes the present seem drab. He is basically saying that he can only do so much with what he is given then and can't wait for that the future holds. This just goes to show how ambitious he was as a businessman and a person.
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