Anniversary of the Model T

Ford Model T cars parked on a street in in Richmond, Indiana as they participate in a record breaking parade where, according Ford Motors, they broke the Guinness World Records' longest parade of a single make of vehicle, July 24, 2008. Some 1000 Model T owners are taking part in a week-long Ford Model T 100 year anniversary. It is the largest gathering of Ford Model Ts since the cars began rolling out of Ford's Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan in 1908. REUTERS/Sam VarnHagen/Ford Motor Co./Handout (UNITED STATES).

"Psychologically, the Model T turned people outwards from cities" spawning highways, suburbs, and shopping malls.

-- From "US bids farewell to the era of the Model T" in the Financial Times, quoting and extending Douglas Brinkley's (professor at Rice University) writings on Henry Ford.