February 4: Ford buys Lincoln on this date in 1922

This photo amazes me. That's of course Henry Ford standing on the left, who in 1922 was America's most successful industrialist. Next to him stands Henry Leland, the 78-year-old founder of Cadillac, with his son Wilfred seated in front of him. The pair had left General Motors in protest to build airplane engines for World War I, naming their new firm after the first president Henry Leland voted for, but at this point the Lincoln Motor Co. was in danger of collapse.