https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/henry-ford/RSS feed for Henry FordenFri, 12 Jun 2026 13:35:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-events-that-took-place-in-this-selma-alabama-home-were-key-to-the-civil-rights-movement-and-you-can-now-visit-it-180988944/The Jackson family opened their home to civil rights leaders planning the Selma-to-Montgomery march, which led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The entire house was recently moved to Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford, in Dearborn, MichiganFri, 12 Jun 2026 13:35:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-events-that-took-place-in-this-selma-alabama-home-were-key-to-the-civil-rights-movement-and-you-can-now-visit-it-180988944/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/walt-disney-visited-a-ford-factory-in-1948-what-he-witnessed-there-laid-the-groundwork-for-what-would-become-disneyland-180988551/A new book argues that the film producer's trip to the River Rouge plant in Michigan inspired him to embrace the power of automation when designing the first Disney theme parkMon, 27 Apr 2026 11:45:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/walt-disney-visited-a-ford-factory-in-1948-what-he-witnessed-there-laid-the-groundwork-for-what-would-become-disneyland-180988551/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/with-more-than-15-million-made-this-iconic-car-became-the-worlds-most-popular-on-this-day-in-1972-180986053/Blockbuster movies and the Beatles helped popularize Volkswagen’s uniquely shaped and affordable little carMon, 17 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/with-more-than-15-million-made-this-iconic-car-became-the-worlds-most-popular-on-this-day-in-1972-180986053/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-selma-house-that-hosted-mlk-and-dubois-is-moving-to-michigan-180982011/The historic home also hosted the likes of W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. WashingtonThu, 20 Apr 2023 19:39:33 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-selma-house-that-hosted-mlk-and-dubois-is-moving-to-michigan-180982011/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/rugged-history-pickup-truck-180978368/At first, it was all about hauling things we needed. Then the vehicle itself became the thing we wantedTue, 17 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/rugged-history-pickup-truck-180978368/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unlikely-bromance-between-henry-ford-and-mohandas-gandhi-180964106/Both men had complicated ideologies but bonded over pacifismTue, 25 Jul 2017 17:21:19 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unlikely-bromance-between-henry-ford-and-mohandas-gandhi-180964106/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/visit-homes-americas-greatest-inventors-180956369/Within these walls, our nation's most brilliant tinkerers once ate, slept and imaginedTue, 25 Aug 2015 13:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/visit-homes-americas-greatest-inventors-180956369/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-hundred-and-three-years-ago-today-henry-ford-introduced-assembly-line-his-workers-hated-it-180961267/It was seen as one more way the automaker could exert rigid control over his employeesThu, 01 Dec 2016 18:32:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-hundred-and-three-years-ago-today-henry-ford-introduced-assembly-line-his-workers-hated-it-180961267/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-americas-titans-industry-and-innovation-went-road-tripping-together-180957924/Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and their friends traveled the country in Model Ts, creating the Great American road trip in the processTue, 26 Jan 2016 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-americas-titans-industry-and-innovation-went-road-tripping-together-180957924/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-thomas-edisons-last-breaths-test-tube-180953819/Two famous inventors, one glass tube and a museum mysteryWed, 07 Jan 2015 16:00:18 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-thomas-edisons-last-breaths-test-tube-180953819/