Betty Ford

The 1920’s was a decade of prosperity, a period of innovations in America. World War I, which involved Britain, France, Italy, and the United Stated of America fighting Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey, ended on November 11, 1918, when a truce was signed at Versailles in France. After the war, the United States was forced to deal with problems such as racial tension, struggling farms, and labor unrest. The country also struggled with the spread of communism. After Russia’s revolution in…

Enzo Ferrari was born in Modena, in 1898, into a family of businesspeople. His father owned a small metal engineering company. Enzo, and his brother Alfredo spent a lot of time at the race circuit with their father. Those experiences sparked Enzo’s interest of cars and engines. After having to leave school early, and leaving the Army, Enzo found work as a test and race car driver. He was involved in many races himself, and in 1937, created his first race car. That was the start of creating his…

been tested by the 1800’s but they failed in comparison to the gas powered motor. The start of the century was new beginning for the automobile. The automobile which previously only the rich could afford was produced for the average citizen. Henry Ford produced this automobile in 1908 setting…

politically and socially, for America. People such as Babe Ruth, Henry Ford, and Charles Lindbergh greatly impacted America and were treated as heroes.This economic and social change occurred as a result of World War One. It brought hope and enlightenment, the role of women changed, and sports and entertainment stars were celebrated. Often named the roaring twenties, the 1920’s changed the way America is today. Henry Ford played a major role in the economic changes in the 1920’s. He…

Did you know in 1938, Henry Ford accepted the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the Nazi’s regime’s highest medal for a foreigner? Henry Ford may have been the first to make an affordable and reliable car for America, and many people looked up to him for it, so did the Nazi’s, but they looked up to him for a different reason. He wrote and published anti-Semitic writings. Henry also expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and Germany. Ford accepted many achievements, some were not ones that…

This is part of a whole week dedicated to a genre in this case I am going to write about documentaries and to be more specific I am going to to focus of one of the most prominent and important filmmakers of this genre. His movies are controversial and at the same time they have raised more money than any other maker of this craft. He is may be an unorthodox director, but he knows how to get across the message he wants to display. This was the first movie this mogul of documentaries did.…

MyDavey Bulletin – RC – Jeffrey Matheney – Nov/Dec 2016 Suggested Hed: TBD Art RC - Jeffrey Matheney 1.JPG Cutline: –After 33 years at Davey, Jeffrey Matheney retired on January 1st, 2015. Now, he spends his days making home improvements, dabbling in woodwork and riding his Harley. Growing up on a tree farm in Indiana, Jeffrey Matheney planted his first sapling when he was only five years old. At that moment, with his hands covered in dirt, Matheny knew he wanted to work outside for the rest…

The story of bicycling in the United States begins in the years just after the Civil War. In the mid-1860s, French mechanics working in blacksmith and carriage shops helped develop machines known as “velocipedes” (from the Latin words velox pedis, or “swift of foot”). Early champions hailed the new technology largely for its utility. Calling it the new “poor man’s horse,” such early “velocipedestrians” promised an end to transportation dependency. The new machines gave individuals a safe,…

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The invention of the car was the innovation of the horse drawn buggies that people in the 1800's used. The first car was a three-wheeled motorized vehicle patented by Karl Benz. It was called the Motorwagen, which had its own throttle system, spark plugs, gear shifters, a water radiator, a carburetor and other fundamentals to the automobile. Karl Benz based his invention of the car from other transport inventions. Although Karl invented the first car, there were so many other inventions that…