Ford Tri-Motor 5AT-40 at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, 1929
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Airplanes are gathered on the tarmac at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, in this 1929 view. In the distance, at center left, is the mooring mast built for airships in 1925. With paved runways, a modern terminal building, and a hotel (built in 1931) located just across the street, Ford Airport was among the best-equipped facilities of its day.
Airplanes are gathered on the tarmac at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, in this 1929 view. In the distance, at center left, is the mooring mast built for airships in 1925. With paved runways, a modern terminal building, and a hotel (built in 1931) located just across the street, Ford Airport was among the best-equipped facilities of its day.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
13 April 1929
Subject Date
12 April 1929
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.189.6340
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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