Aerial View of Ford Engineering Laboratory, Ford Airport, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, 1930

THF131889 / Aerial View of Ford Engineering Laboratory, Ford Airport, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, 1930

THF108665 / Aerial View of Ford Engineering Laboratory, Ford Airport, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, 1930

THF108666 / Aerial View of Ford Engineering Laboratory, Ford Airport, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, 1930 / back

Artifact Overview

This 1930 image shows several of Henry Ford's projects. In the lower center is the Ford Engineering Laboratory building. Ford Airport with its concrete runways and Ford's airplane factory is located in the upper right center. And squeezed in between? That is his newly created Edison Institute -- now known as The Henry Ford.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

06 August 1930

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.189.7655

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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