2-378-271 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Henry Ford, American car manufacturer, with two of his cars, USA, 1924. Ford (1863-1947) with his first car and his 10 millionth, a Model T. Over 15 million Model Ts were built between 1908 and 1927. By 1918 they accounted for half the cars on America's roads. To commemorate the building of the 10 millionth Model T, racing driver Frank Kulick drove the car from New York to San Francisco along the Lincoln Highway, the only coast-to-coast highway in the US at the time.