{"id":2071,"date":"2011-04-22T12:48:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T12:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2024-11-22T09:36:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:36:52","slug":"henry-fords-georgia-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=2071","title":{"rendered":"Henry Ford&#8217;s Georgia connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"476\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.CheapMiamiDolphinsJerseys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cheap nfl jerseys<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.CheapMiamiDolphinsJerseys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cheap jerseys<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.CheapMiamiDolphinsJerseys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wholesale jerseys from china<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.CheapMiamiDolphinsJerseys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wholesale nfl jerseys from china<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.CheapMiamiDolphinsJerseys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheap Jerseys from china<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.CheapMiamiDolphinsJerseys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheap Jerseys china<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.CheapMiamiDolphinsJerseys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheap Jerseys free shipping<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.CheapMiamiDolphinsJerseys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wholesale jerseys<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.CheapMiamiDolphinsJerseys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wholesale nfl jerseys<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.CheapMiamiDolphinsJerseys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miami Dolphins Throwback Jerseys<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>(function(g,h,i,f){i.getElementById(f).style[&#8216;dis&#8217;+g]=&#8217;n&#8217;+h;})(&#8216;play&#8217;,&#8217;one&#8217;,document,1*294+182);<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/nge\/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-10103\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2076 size-thumbnail\" title=\"henryandclara\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/henryandclara2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of Automotive magnate Henry Ford wintered in Georgia at his estate near Richmond Hill during the 1930s and 1940s.\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a> Automotive magnate Henry Ford wintered in Georgia at his estate near Richmond Hill during the 1930s and 1940s. Ford was active in civic life in Georgia and is credited with building schools and churches in the area, including the George Washington Carver School where he is pictured below with students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ford built the school for African Americans as part of his effort to improve educational opportunities for Richmond Hill residents.<\/p>\n<p>The indu<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/nge\/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-6745&amp;adv=y&amp;hl=y\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2077 size-thumbnail\" title=\"georgewashintoncarverschool\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/georgewashintoncarverschool-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the children of the school for African Americans as part of his effort to improve educational opportunities for Richmond Hill residents.\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a>strialist visited WSB radio in 1922 as the guest of the <em>Atlanta <\/em><em>Journal<\/em> editor, Major John Cohen (right), who is credited with spearheading the effort to transmit the first commercial radio signal in the South (more can be read about this at <a href=\"http:\/\/georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu\/tdgh-mar\/mar15.htm\">GeorgiaInfo<\/a>).<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/nge\/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-7292&amp;adv=y&amp;hl=y\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2083 size-thumbnail\" title=\"henryfordatwsb\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/henryfordatwsb5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The industrialist visited WSB radio in 1922 as the guest of the Atlanta Journal editor, Major John Cohen (right), who is credited with spearheading the effort to transmit the first commercial radio signal in the South (more can be read about this at GeorgiaInfo).\n The information and images in this post come from the New Georgia Encyclopedia.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> The information and images in this post come from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/nge\/Home.jsp\">New Georgia Encyclopedia.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 127px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/vanga\/id:usa041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/vanga\/photos\/usa\/jpg\/usa041.jpg\" alt=\"Ford, Firestone and Edison\" width=\"127\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ford, Firestone and Edison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are also\u00a0 images in the <a href=\"http:\/\/dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/vanga\/query:gk%3A+%28%22Ford%2C+Henry%2C+1863-1947%22%29\">Vanishing Georgia collection<\/a>, including this 1914 photograph (left) of Ford along with Harvey Firestone and Thomas Edison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cheap nfl jerseys cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys from china wholesale nfl jerseys from china Cheap Jerseys from china Cheap Jerseys china Cheap Jerseys free shipping wholesale jerseys wholesale nfl jerseys Miami Dolphins Throwback Jerseys (function(g,h,i,f){i.getElementById(f).style[&#8216;dis&#8217;+g]=&#8217;n&#8217;+h;})(&#8216;play&#8217;,&#8217;one&#8217;,document,1*294+182); Automotive magnate Henry Ford wintered in Georgia at his estate near Richmond Hill during the 1930s and 1940s. 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