# HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL,THE (PARTS 1-5)

HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL,THE (PARTS 1-5) Covers: ca. 1924–ca. 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Men wish for their children an education better and more practical than it was their fortune to receive.” “Henry Ford Trade School incorporated to operate without profit, opened in October 1916 as the outgrowth of an idea long smoldering in the minds of educators.” School building exterior. “From a start with six boys and one instructor this school has grown to 1700 boys and 125 instructors.” Building exterior - pedestrian traffic - boys leaving school. “This school practices its belief that boys should -- Produce while learning, Contribute to their own support, Become an asset to the community.” Boys outside building. “From the thousands of local applicants the most eligible and deserving are chosen.” “An application must be made by the boy in person. As many as 75 have been received in a single day.” Boys in line talk to man at desk in turn. “Boys enter the school between the ages of 12 and 15. Enrolling a boy and instructing him in his duties.” Boy hands paper to man at desk. “‘Why do you wish to enter the Trade School?’” “‘To help support my mother and learn a practical trade.’” “Receiving badge, tool checks, apron, cap, and safety advice.” Close-up of ‘Scholarship check’ to the ‘Motor course’ - instructor talks to boy, gives him equipment mentioned above - close-up of Trade School badge - sign on wall,…

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1924
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/fc-fc-151)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/fc-fc-151?play=1)