Ford, Benson, 169
Ford, Clara, 44, 170, 171
Ford, Edsel, 44, 75–80, 94–95, 107, 115, 121, 128, 130–31, 134, 152, 167–71, 179, 186, 259
Ford, Eleanor, 115, 169–71, 186, 259–60
Ford, Henry, 19–23, 28, 39–41, 43–45, 205
anti-Semitism and, 97–100, 135
death of, 196
Depression and, 92–98
Hitler and, 135–38, 156
management style of, 99–100
son Edsel and, 75, 78–79, 169–71
WW II and, 152, 158, 168–71
Ford, Henry, II, 170–71, 179, 196–97, 217–18, 254, 259, 264
Ford, J. B., Jr., 162
Ford Crown Victoria Skyliner, 221
Ford Edsel, 259–62, 272
Ford Engineering Laboratory, 76
Ford Fairlane, 220–21
Ford Falcon, 269
Ford Hunger March Massacre, 99
Fordism, 40–41, 43
Ford Model A, 22, 79–82, 88, 92–93, 147
Ford Model B, 92
Ford Model T “tin Lizzie,” 28, 39–40, 43, 48–50, 74–81, 92, 136, 169, 256
Ford Motor Company, 7, 22, 29, 39–50, 74–77, 81, 124, 179, 183, 196–98, 225–28, 231, 250, 253
1949 model, 197
Depression and, 91–100, 118
shutdowns, 81, 88, 92–93
WW II and, 152, 158, 163, 167–71
Ford “quadricycle,” 19
Ford Service Department, 97–99
Ford Thunderbird, 213–20, 223, 276
Ford-Werke (formerly Ford Germany), 136–38
foreign cars, 254, 261–62, 262
Fortune, 156, 180, 194, 196, 255
Forward Look, 247, 249–51, 253, 262, 266
Fraboni, Dominick, 201
Franklin autos, 91
Frederick, Pauline, 57
Frigidaire, 185, 206, 242
fuel efficiency, 253, 255
Gable, Clark, 117
Gartman, David, 68, 146–47
gas rationing, 157
General Motors Acceptance Company (GMAC), 48, 76
General Motors (GM), 44, 102. See also Earl, Harley; Sloan, Alfred P., Jr.; and specific auto shows; divisions; and models
annual design changes and, 7, 49–50, 73, 122–24, 146–47
auto shows and, 205–8 (see also Motorama)
banking crisis and, 97
board of directors, 72–73, 265
consumer financing and, 48
Curtice killing of Anderson and, 268
Depression and, 89–91, 94, 97, 100–101, 118–21, 125
designers leave, 127–28
Detroit bank crisis and, 97, 100
divisions segmented by price and style, 47–48, 77, 196–97
dominance of, post-1936, 118–20
engineers and, 74, 84, 125–26
executive committee, 73, 119, 143, 174, 182, 184, 206, 256, 264
50-million car anniversary and, 223–24
fins and chrome era ends at, 268–69
Fisher Body acquired by, 45–46, 60
Ford vs., 7, 48, 81, 197
foreign imports and, 256
founding of, 44–47
Kettering and, 45, 49
macho culture of, 78
market share and, 4–5, 44, 47, 100, 226–27, 231
Nazi Germany and, 136–42
planned obsolescence and, 257–58
postwar boom and, 172–80, 195–96, 222–26
PR and, 112
public opinion on, 260
safety and, 269–72
sales decline and, 246, 253, 262
silver anniversary models, 85
Sloan’s leadership and, 45, 47–48
small cars and, 256
stock, 46, 100, 115
strike of 1945–46, 175–77
trickle-down styling and, 146–47, 196
World’s Fair “Futurama” exhibit, 144, 159
WW II and, 150–54, 158–67, 172–73
Germany
Harley’s trip of 1929, 89
Nazi, 135–42, 150–53, 155, 157, 160–61, 192
postwar, 178
Giberson, Alden, 214
Gillian, Paul, 228
Glennie, Ruth, 241–43, 245, 265
Glowackie, Ed, 228
GM Overseas Corporation, 136
Gone with the Wind (film), 117
Goodson, Alice, 186
Gordon, John, 180, 182, 265–66
Gregorie, Bob, 107, 128, 179, 181, 197
Griffith, D.W., 32–35, 58
grille, 111, 128, 130, 132, 181, 198, 222, 224, 229, 231
Grosse Pointe News, 204
hardtop, 129–30, 194, 206
Harley Earl Corporation, 182–83, 185, 263–64
Harper’s Weekly, 27
Hazard, Ariel Merrick Makepeace, 11–14
Hazard, Daniel, 13
Hazard, Eleanor, 13–14
Hazard, Eugene, 13
Hazard, George, 12–14
Hazard, Henry, 14–15
headlights, 80, 127, 128, 130, 132, 247
Hershey, Clara, 182
Hershey, Franklin Quick, 78, 82–85, 87, 100, 102–3, 107–8, 113, 117–18, 120, 122, 130–31, 139–43, 147–48, 154, 158, 172, 176–77, 180–83, 194, 197, 213–14, 216–19, 258, 266, 276–77
Hibbard, Thomas L., 107, 112
Hicks, Harold, 80
Highland Park Ford plant, 39–41, 92, 186
Highway Act (1966), 271
Hill, Frank Ernest, 92
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 138
Hispano-Suiza, 63, 68–69
Hitler, Adolf, 135–38, 140–41, 150, 153, 155–56, 174, 256
Holiday, Billie, 164
Holliday, Barbara, 273
Holliday, Judy, 207
Holls, Dave, 224, 249–51, 267–68
Hollywood, 16–17, 25–28, 32–37, 69–70, 116–17
Hoover, Herbert, 92, 94–95
Hoover, J. Edgar, 168
Horsley, David, 32
Hot Rod, 209
Hudson Motors, 87, 157, 226
Hunt, O. E., 77, 127
Hyatt Roller Bearing Company, 45
“I Dream Automobiles” (Earl and Baum), 204–5
Imperial, 250
Ince, Thomas, 58
Industrial Design, 257
“In My Merry Oldsmobile” (song), 22
Insolent Chariots, The (Keats), 257
International Jew, The (Ford), 135
Intolerance (film), 35
Isabella, Queen of Spain, 98
Jaderquist, Eugene, 179, 259, 261
Jaguar, 201
James, Norman, 227
Japan, 137, 155, 157
Jews, 98, 135, 141
Johnson, Jack, 15
Johnson, Lyndon B., 271, 273
Jordan, Chuck, 229–30, 247, 249–51, 266–69
Juhl, Finn, 237
“Jukebox on Wheels” (Loewy), 231–32
Kahn, Albert, 186–87, 189
Kaptur, Vincent, 87
Kaufman, George S., 207
Keating, Thomas, 208
Keats, John, 257–58
Keller, K.T., 156–57, 254
Kettering, Charles F. “Boss Ket,” 4–5, 7, 45, 48–49, 64, 73, 186–90, 205, 233–34, 238
King, Charles, 19–20
Knudsen, Clara, 114
Knudsen, William, 100, 114, 119, 127, 130, 140, 150–54, 156, 162, 167, 205
Korean War, 208
Krebs, Jan, 241, 243
Lamm, Michael, 31, 59, 61, 103, 108, 180–81, 184
La Salle, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de, 62
Lasky Feature Play Company (later Paramount), 33
Lauer, Bob, 148–49
Lauve, Henry, 160
Lee, Don, 54–55, 59–61, 63, 66
Leland, Henry, 23, 46, 54, 79, 182
Le Mans Grand Prix, 195
LeMay, Curtice, 238
Le Sabre. See also Buick Le Sabre<
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Lewis, David L., 170
Ley, Robert, 137
Liebold, Ernest, 98
Life, 2
Lincoln, 23, 46, 78–80, 82, 147, 179, 196–97, 225
1926 model, 80
Edsel’s L Series, 79–80
Ford buys, 78–79
Lincoln, Abraham, 23, 98
Lincoln Zephyr, 128–31
Lindbergh, Charles, 81
Locomobiles, 58–59
Loewy, Raymond, 143–44, 231–32, 258
London Blitz, 152–53
Longyear, Sandy, 242–43, 245
Los Angeles, 13–16, 23–24, 27, 32, 50–51, 54
Los Angeles Auto Show, 51, 191
Los Angeles County Fair, 203
Los Angeles Times, 26, 51–52, 60, 65–66, 68, 203
Louis, Joe, 164
Love Among the Roses (film), 32
Ludvigsen, Karl, 178
M18 Wildcat (Hellcat) tank destroyer, 160–61
Mabel at the Wheel (film), 56
Macauley, Alvan, 156–57
Macauley, Ed, 121, 131, 156–57
MacKichan, Clare, 84–85, 127, 134, 145–46, 149, 158–59, 221–22, 227–28, 239
MacLay, Leonard, 201–3
MacMinn, Strother, 108, 110, 124, 126, 149, 181, 203
MacPherson, Earle, 213
Marmon, 51–52, 58, 83, 91, 276
Marquette, 45
Marshall Plan, 179
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 64, 186
mass production, 39–41, 43, 45, 136
Maxwell, 41, 56
May, Ann, 57
“Maybellene” (song), 224–225, 254
McAuliffe, Anthony C., 161
McDaniel, Steve, 159
McFarlan, 58
McNamara, Robert, 218–19, 261
Mechanix Illustrated, 195
Mein Kampf (Hitler), 135
Mercedes-Benz, 118
Mercer Raceabout, 56, 215
Mercer roadster, 30
Mercury, 197, 260
MG sports car, 201–2
Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record, 41
Michigan National Guard, 273
Michigan Quarterly Review, 37
Milford Proving Grounds, 200
military-industrial complex, 151, 178–79
Mills, Ogden, 94
Minneapollis Advertising Club, 257
Minter, Mary Miles, 57
Mitarachi, Jane Fiske, 257
Mitchell, Bill, 106, 108–10, 127, 129, 144, 154, 158, 172, 175, 177, 180, 185, 193, 228, 230, 240, 244–45, 249–51, 262, 264, 266–69, 274–76
Mix, Tom, 56–57
Modes and Motors (booklet), 133–34
Moon, George, 236–38, 240
Mooney, James, 136, 140
Morgan sports car, 201
Motorama, 206–16, 224, 228, 245–46, 252–53, 264
Motor City Traffic Club, 253
Motor magazine, 57, 194
Motor Trend, 209, 215, 224, 269
movie industry, 32–37, 55–58, 116–17
Munich Conference (1938?), 141
Murphy, Frank, 92–93
Murphy, Walter M., Company, 83
Museo Histórico de la Revolución, 42
Mussolini, Benito, 138, 141
My Life and Work (Ford), 100, 135–36, 138
Nader, Ralph, 269–72
Nash, 197, 226
Nash Rambler, 225, 231
Nash Rambler American, 253–54, 262, 269
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, 49
National Automobile Show, 21, 27, 42
National Defense Advisory Commission, 150–51
National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA), 271–72
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (1966), 271
NATO, 202
Nazi Party (Germany), 135–41
Nestor Film Company (later Universal), 32, 34
Nevins, Allan, 92
New Deal, 114, 151
New York Auto Show, 66–67, 128, 133–34, 193, 206
New York Mirror, 242–43
New York Times, 64, 81, 81, 97, 99, 135, 174, 258, 266
New York World’s Fair (1939–40), 144, 159
Nicholas II, Czar of Russia, 43
Nickles, Ned, 228, 239
“No Money Down” (song), 225
Normand, Mabel, 56
Oakland (later Pontiac), 45, 47
Olds, Ransom E., 19, 21–23, 39, 156, 258
Oldsmobile, 21–23, 27, 45, 47, 77, 123, 146, 160, 196, 228, 248, 260–62
Oldsmobile Palm Beach Holiday, 206
Oldsmobile Starfire, 211
Oldsmobile Viking, 77, 87–88
O’Leary, Howard, 72, 77, 82, 107, 183, 229, 240
Opel, 124, 136, 138–40, 142, 256
Opel Kadett, 139
P-38 fighter plane, 153–54, 176–77, 266
Packard, James, 23
Packard Clipper, 157
Packard Motor Company, 29, 43, 50, 54, 61, 77, 87, 121, 131, 156, 186, 196, 226–27
Packard Six, 62
Packard Twin Six, 43
paint, 49, 59, 206, 221, 224, 231
Paramount, 34
Paris Auto Show, 64–65, 130–31, 202
Patton, George S., 41–42, 161, 192
Payne, Robert, 178
Pearl Harbor attacks, 155
Peerless Motors, 43, 77, 91
Perry, Oliver Hazard, 11
Pershing, John J. “Black Jack,” 42, 58
Pevsner, Antoine
Bird in Flight, 7, 234
Pickford, Jack, 56
Pickford, Lottie, 56
Pickford, Mary, 32, 55–56
Pierce-Arrow, 43, 50, 52, 54, 57, 83, 91, 276
planned obsolescence, 257–58
Planned Parenthood, 162
Playmates, 254
Plymouth, 101, 250, 253
Forward Look, 247, 249–51, 253
Plymouth Valiant, 269
Poland, 138, 142
Pontiac Bonneville
Pink Lady, 267
Polaris, 245
Pontiac (formerly Oakland), 47, 102–3, 112, 118, 123, 146, 148, 196, 228, 248, 260, 268
Pontiac La Parisienne, 211
Pontiac Silver Streak, 118
Popular Mechanics, 145, 255
Popular Science Monthly, 18
Porsche, Ferdinand, 137
Porter, Bill, 105, 107, 230, 268
Power, Tyrone, 217
Pratt Institute, 145, 227, 241–46, 243
Rae, John B., 23
Ramshaw, Virginia Sampson (niece), 191
Rapid, 45
recession
of 1920, 46
of 1927, 88
of 1957–58, 253–54, 261–62
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), 94, 96–97
Red Cross, 162
Reid, Wallace, 57–58
Renault Dauphine, 254
Rene (yacht), 114–15
Reuther, Walter, 176
Road & Track, 209, 215, 255
Roaring Road, The (film), 58
Robb, David, 163
Robertson, Dale, 239
Robinson, Bill “Bojangles,” 164
Roche, James, 164, 271
Rockefeller, John D., 44
Rockwell, Norman, 204
Rogers, Will, 75–76
Rolls-Royce, 43, 55, 152
Romney, George, 156, 253–54, 272–73
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 151, 238
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 96, 114, 150–53, 156, 162, 167, 169–70
Ross, Art, 160–61, 228, 240
Rouge River Ford plant, 43–44, 81, 92, 99, 137, 168–69
Royal Canadian Air Force, 159
Runaway Match (film short), 36–37
Ruzzin, Dick, 241
Rybicki, Irv, 106–7
Saarinen, Eero, 233–37
Saarinen, Eliel, 187–89, 233
safety, 80, 269–72, 274
Sales Management, 121
Sampson, John (nephew), 191
Saturday Evening Post, 173, 204–5
Sauer, Peggy, 244
Schmidt, Eddie, 116–17
Scientific American, 18
Scott, Myron, 208
Scripps-Booth, 45
Scripps-Howard News Service, 81
Seaholm, Ernest, 62–63, 67, 102
Seger, Bob, 220
Selznick, David O., 117
Shaw, Harry, 103
Sheridan, 45
Shore, Dinah, 221
Sinatra, Frank, 260
Sloan, Alfred P., Jr., 4–5, 7, 45, 47–50, 61–65, 68, 71–74, 84–89, 94, 97, 100, 113–15, 119–25, 127, 130, 132, 143, 146, 151, 153, 161–62, 174, 182, 185–89, 196, 205–6, 219, 226, 233, 238, 246, 248, 264, 268, 271, 274
Sloan, Irene, 113–14
Sloan-Kettering Institute, 5
small cars, 253–57, 269
Smith, Bernie, 106, 229–30, 234–35, 239–40, 249–51
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (film), 35
Solid Gold Cadillac, The (Kaufman and Teichmann), 207
Somervell, Brehon “Bill,” 156
Special Car Design Studio, 176–77
sports cars, 201–19, 256
Spring Fashion Festival of Women-Designed Cars, 245
Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News, 81
Squaw Man, The (film), 33
Stanford University, 37–38, 52, 59
starter, electronic, 4–5, 45, 48
Stevens, Brook, 257–58
Stewart, Jimmy, 238
stock market crash of 1929, 89–90
Strategic Air Command, 3, 238
strikes of 1945–46, 175–77
Studebaker, 20, 83, 144, 197, 226, 231–32, 250
Stutz, 91
Stutz Bearcat, 56, 58
Styling Auditorium, 2–3, 104, 125–26, 159, 240, 245
Styling Building, 7
Styling Grand Prix, 256
Styling Section (formerly Art & Colour), 129, 185. See also Earl, Harley; and specific divisions and models
Argonaut offices and, 121–25
Chevy Bel Air and, 222–24
color and, 124–25
competition and, 147, 197
design training and, 145–46
division chiefs and, 127–28
early postwar era and, 172–77
engineers and, 125–27
Exhibit and Product studio, 206
fins and, 177, 193
Harley’s retirement and, 268–69
lifestyle and perks at, 239–41
Nazi Germany and, 139
PR and, 133
staff tensions and, 246–51, 261
Tech Center and, 234–39
trickle-down design and, 146–47
women designers and, 241–45
WW II and, 158–59
Sweet, Blanche, 57
Taft, Alfred Z. “A.Z.,” 14, 16, 26
Taft, Alice, 14
Taft, Blanche, 16
Taft, Emily, 14
Taft, Harley (grandfather), 11, 13–14, 16
Taft, Mary Hazard (grandmother), 11–16, 66, 69, 190
Taft, Sarah, 16
Taft, Walter, 14
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series), 239
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