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- Ford Escort Power Distribution Box, 1998 - By the late 20th century, cars began to turn into "rolling computers" filled with electronic components that dominated the mechanical functions of automobiles. Beyond a few basics, car repairs became virtually impossible to do at home. This power distribution box controlled things like the cooling fan, air conditioning compressor, and some emissions devices -- functions formerly handled by mechanical controls.
- 1998
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Escort Power Distribution Box, 1998
By the late 20th century, cars began to turn into "rolling computers" filled with electronic components that dominated the mechanical functions of automobiles. Beyond a few basics, car repairs became virtually impossible to do at home. This power distribution box controlled things like the cooling fan, air conditioning compressor, and some emissions devices -- functions formerly handled by mechanical controls.
- Zenith Stereophonic High Fidelity Stereo Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- circa 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Zenith Stereophonic High Fidelity Stereo Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.