Woodies came from the beginning of the auto era when train station depot hacks were used to cart luggage around from the station to people's hotels. Later on the hack was enlarged and made into a useful carrier for commerce. Groceries, farms, produce vendors used them to...

When Henry Ford died in April 1947, his industrial empire was in a precarious position. Any muscle the Ford Motor Company has previously flexed had sagged and grown sallow after years of stubborn complacency from its founder. One could argue that the company’s decline had...