[Boris99]

Henry Ford is a very interesting guy. You can find pictures of Ford with many notable people from the turn of the century. Lindbergh, Edison, the Wright brothers, presidents, etc. Is Tesla the scientist?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The massive Ford manufacturing complex on the Rouge River, north of Detroit, will illustrate Ford's vision. Iron ore was made into steel for frames and car bodies, silica sand was made into glass for car windows and Ford steamships brought coal up from Lake Erie to power the whole thing.

[The Antiyuppie]

“Henry Ford is a very interesting guy. “

It is amazing, that so many years later, he is so controversial. He was equally beloved AND hated - sometimes, by the same people! I would say that Ford represented the last, great gasp of paternalism, fueled by Ford’s creativity, and this became incompatible with the very people whom he lifted from poverty.

[afraidfortherepublic]

No. Not Tesla.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Charles Steinmetz -- came to me like a bolt of lightning a few minutes ago! I can't find any pictures of him with Ford, although he was a great friend of Edison's "Wizard of Schenectady" was his nom de guerre.

My husband remembers the pictures from the Ford airport, so I know it was not my fertile imagination.

Since Stenmetz was a dwarf, he probably wasn't standing with the group. He may have been seated with the others standing around. Lots of pictures of Steinmetz with Edison on the web.