Aerial View of the Dearborn Inn and Ford Airport, 1935
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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
Collection Title
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