Henry Ford actually knew and liked a number of Jews who he knew in the particular. His neighbor Rabbi Leo M. Franklin and prominent Detroit architect, Albert Kahn come to mind. His dislike ran to the abstract concept of Jews operating within the stream of commerce, particularly those engaged in investment banking and agricultural product […]
Joseph Rogers Brown and the Second Industrial Revolution
The second Industrial Revolution developed with the application of science to the process of mass production. Joseph Rogers Brown was a mechanical engineer and clock maker in Providence, Rhode Island in the mid-19th Century. He was arguably the father of the precision manufacturing machinery that allowed for the close manufacturing of metal tolerances that made […]
Were the Dodge Brothers Jewish?
Henry Ford had a fear and resentment for the Dodge brothers, Horace and John. He was superstitious about their red hair, disapproving of their rambunctious lifestyles, and embittered over their considerable contribution to the success of the Ford Motor Company. In the early days of the Company the Dodges produced most of the Ford cars, […]
A Quiet President
The 1924 Presidential campaign arguably featured two men among a number of contestants who were the most like and the most unlike the current occupant of the office – they were Henry Ford and Calvin Coolidge. In the spring of 1923, Henry Ford led the field in a Collier’s Magazine presidential preference poll, including […]