Aerial View of Ford Airport and Ford Engineering Building, Dearborn, Michigan, October 1927
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Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, was formally opened in 1925. This 1927 aerial view shows the large open field with its grass runways flanked on the south (center right) by a small passenger terminal, airplane hangar, and Ford's airplane factory. An airship mooring mast is visible at the airport's far eastern end.
Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, was formally opened in 1925. This 1927 aerial view shows the large open field with its grass runways flanked on the south (center right) by a small passenger terminal, airplane hangar, and Ford's airplane factory. An airship mooring mast is visible at the airport's far eastern end.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
20 October 1927
Subject Date
20 October 1927
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Dearborn Engineering Laboratory
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.189.4886
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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