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Web links for this program are listed below. Text-based resources are listed in the Program 20 Bibliography.

Henry Ford

The Life of Henry Ford
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/default.asp  
A Henry Ford site with links to biographical information, a chronology, etc.

Today in History: July 30
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul30.html  
An illustrated history of Henry Ford and his Model T, with related links.

Ford, Henry
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/24.html  
A brief biography and a photo of Henry Ford.

Henry Ford
http://people.clemson.edu/~pammack/lec122/ford.htm  
A history of Henry Ford and the Model T, with photos and related links.

Henry Ford
http://www.willamette.edu/~fthompso/MgmtCon/Henry_Ford.html  
A biography of Henry Ford.

A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Henry Ford
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btford.html  
A biography and a photo of Henry Ford with a link to information on the moving assembly line.

Ford's Commentary on Mass Production

Henry Ford (1863-1947) - The Assembly Line
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/ford.html  
A brief history of Henry Ford and his assembly line.

Henry Ford And The Model T
http://www.wiley.com/products/subject/business/forbes/ford.html  
A history of Ford and his Model T. Includes the quote "...One pin like another pin..."

Alfred Sloan

Flint Timeline Project - Alfred P. Sloan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan  
A brief profile of Sloan, with related links.

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
http://www.sloan.org/sloanbio.shtml  
A biography of Alfred P. Sloan.

Early Hollywood

Greatest Films Before 1920
http://www.filmsite.org/pre20sintro.html  
A history of the movie industry with references to the various movie moguls.

Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel Goldwyn
http://www.reelclassics.com/Producers/Goldwyn/goldwyn.htm  
A photo of Goldwyn and many Goldwyn related links.

William Fox

William Fox
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug00/3on1/movies/fox.html  
A brief profile of Fox with related links.

Fox Theater - The Fox Empire
http://www.fabulousfox.com/the_fox_empire.aspx  
A biography of William Fox.

Adolph Zukor

Adolph Zukor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Zukor  
A brief profile of Zukor with a photo.

Louis B. Mayer

The Time 100: Louis B. Mayer
http://205.188.238.181/time/time100/builder/profile/mayer.html  
A biography of Louis B. Mayer.

Louis B. Mayer
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562454/bio  
Two short biographies of Louis B. Mayer.

Jack Warner

Jack Warner
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/bios/Warner.html  
A chronology of the life of Jack Warner.

Sheeler Photos of River Rouge Plant

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Criss-Crossed Conveyors
http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/CollectionDatabase.cfm?id=47132&theme=photo  
Image of Charles Sheeler's photograph, "Criss-Crossed Conveyors."

Oral History Interview: Charles Sheeler
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/sheele59.htm  
The text of an interview with Charles Sheeler about his work.

Charles Sheeler
http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/artists/SheelerCharles.html 
Photos of the River Rouge Plant by Charles Sheeler.



  

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