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Fords Made in Boise

3/24/2019

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​What town comes to mind when you think automobile manufacturing? Detroit? Dearborn? Boise?
 
The photo, courtesy of the Idaho State Historical Society digital collection, is H.H. and M.B. Bryant’s Ford dealership in 1917. It was located at 1602 Main. But it wasn’t just an ordinary dealership. They put together Fords there for a time in 1914. H.H. was married to Henry Ford’s sister, so had a bit of an in.
 
Ford was famous for revolutionizing the industry with the assembly line process, beginning with the 1914 Model T. It’s not clear what advantage shipping pieces and parts to Boise for assembly had for Mr. Bryant, but he did put together cars in the capital city for a while.
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Mr. Mason, a salesman for Bryant Motor Company. Photo courtesy of the Idaho State Historical Society digital collection. 
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