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Henry Ford and Henry Leland were photographed together when Ford purchased Leland's Lincoln Motor Company on February 4, 1922. It wasn't the first time their professional paths crossed. In 1902, after Ford left the Henry Ford Company, Leland reorganized that firm as Cadillac Automobile Company.
Henry Martyn Leland (February 16, 1843 – March 26, 1932) was an American machinist, inventor, engineer, and automotive entrepreneur. He founded the two premier American luxury automotive marques , Cadillac and Lincoln .
Jul 3, 2013 · Henry M. Leland was 20 years older than Henry Ford and probably just as brilliant, and yet his name is scarely remembered today, despite his immense contribution to General Motors and to the Ford Motor Company. It was Leland who formed Cadillac in 1902, and it was Leland who subsequently formed the Lincoln Motor Company in 1917.
February 16, 1843 – March 26, 1932. A highly respected tool and die manufacturer, Henry M. Leland was a machinist, engineer and an automotive entrepreneur.
Jun 6, 2016 · Those present during the completion of this historic automotive sale included Henry Ford along with his son, Edsel, and Henry M. Leland, president, and his son, Wilfred Leland, who was vice president of Lincoln at the time. Henry Ford had purchased the company for $8 million.
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Sep 23, 2018 · In 1902, Leland was asked to help with the liquidation of the Detroit Motor Company, one of Henry Ford's earliest enterprises. Instead, he suggested that the firm be reorganized to produce luxury automobiles. Ford, who was already envisioning the Model T, took his leave.
Leland and his son Wilfred formed the Lincoln Motor Company in 1917 to build Liberty aircraft engines and, after WWI ended, began building luxury automobiles. However the company became insolvent in 1922, and would be bought out by Henry Ford.
