"Highways of the Sky," Advertisement Promoting Commercial Air Travel on Ford Tri-Motor Airplanes, 1928
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As the United States expanded in the twentieth century, air travel became an efficient alternative for the transportation of goods, services, and people. This advertisement compares the early days of commercial aviation to the early days of transcontinental rail travel, and predicts that air travel will become hugely popular -- especially on the Ford Tri-Motor airplane.
As the United States expanded in the twentieth century, air travel became an efficient alternative for the transportation of goods, services, and people. This advertisement compares the early days of commercial aviation to the early days of transcontinental rail travel, and predicts that air travel will become hugely popular -- especially on the Ford Tri-Motor airplane.
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Date Made
1928
Subject Date
1928
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.19.434
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Dimensions
Height: 14 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
At the top of the page under the map of the United States: THE HIGHWAYS OF THE SKY At the bottom of the page: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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