The Model T was built by Ford Motors from 1908 to 1927. It
became affordable to most because of the assembly line which
Ford introduced in 1913, allowing mass production to bring
the price from $850 down to $300 in 1925. After 1913 Henry
Ford advertised that the car could be bought “in any color
you choose, so long as it’s black.” Ford’s production of the
Model T revolutionized American society, not only by manu-
facturing this motorized vehicle, but by perfecting the
assembly line process, allowing a Model T to be built every
24 seconds, selling it at an affordable price, and also
creating a new incredible hourly wage for his workers of
$5 a day !
Some other technological beginnings of the period:
Thomas Edison patents a motion picture camera,
the "kinetoscope"(1891)
SEE VIDEO"BIRTH OF TALKIES"
First use of X-rays to treat breast cancer (1896)
Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress
for use in federal elections (1899)
The first Electric bus becomes operational in New
York City (1900)
Electric washing machine invented (1901)
First airplane flight Wright brothers (1903)
SEE VIDEO OF WRIGHT BROS 1ST FLIGHT
Neon lamp invented (1909)
