Aerial View of the Dearborn Inn and Ford Airport, 1935

Summary

In 1925, an airport opened in Dearborn, Michigan. Edsel and Henry Ford conceived the Dearborn Inn as a business opportunity, a first-class hotel hosting pilots and travelers transiting through the Ford Airport. It is noted as one of the first airport hotels. This aerial photograph shows the grounds of the hotel, complete with a playground and tennis courts, near one of the airport runways.

In 1925, an airport opened in Dearborn, Michigan. Edsel and Henry Ford conceived the Dearborn Inn as a business opportunity, a first-class hotel hosting pilots and travelers transiting through the Ford Airport. It is noted as one of the first airport hotels. This aerial photograph shows the grounds of the hotel, complete with a playground and tennis courts, near one of the airport runways.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

28 August 1935

Subject Date

1935

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.63669.D

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in

Width: 10 in

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