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| Keywords: Branford Edward Clarke in the Fordson Farmer in 1922.jpg en Branford Edward Clarke in the Fordson Farmer in 1922 1922-10-01 https //www thehenryford org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/54946/ slide gs-181606 Underwood and Underwood for image and text other versions https //books google com/books id 7zldFb9cE8wC pg PA11 Text Ford Chapel is the Latest There have been many and interesting uses to which Ford cars have been put but we believe that this chapel of the Rev Branford Clarke New York is in a class by itself Equipped with steeple 'n every-thing Rev Mr Clarke is prepared to take the Scripture literally and obey the injunction to Go ye into the highways He has built a tiny traveling chapel stained glass windows and all upon a Ford chassis Recently he started out by trundling his church along Broadway stopping and preaching to the crowd from his perambulatory pulpit The chapel contains a small organ which Mrs Clarke playa The steeple folds down when he wants to put the car in a garage This photo shows Rev Mr Clarke and his traveling chapel The Rev Mr Clarke became New York's famous poet-painter-preacher when he illustrated his sermons in the Pillar of Fire Church Brooklyn with canvasses which he painted himself occasionally varying it by giving out one of his own verses from the pulpit Caption In 1922 Ford Motor Company published the story of Reverend Branford Clarke and his mobile chapel based on a Model T chassis Entirely self-designed the chapel featured a small organ and a steeple that could fold down Ford used individual stories like Reverend Clarke's to advertise its Model T as a sturdy versatile automobile that could change ordinary Americans' lives Source Henry Ford Museum Custom license marker 2016 09 14 PD-Underwood Branford Clarke Fordson Farmer | ||||
