Pulling Down the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, 1946

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Artifact Overview

Signals communicate messages from far away. They may take the form of a bonfire sending smoke signals, lanterns or maritime flags on a ship, or the tapped out sounds of Morse code. In this image, signaling flags are being used by men on the ground to guide a safe demolition of the airship mast at Ford Airport.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

26 October 1946

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.83419.7

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: 8.063 in
Width: 10.938 in