Automobile on Ford Test Track, Dearborn, Michigan, 1952
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Ford Motor Company opened a formal proving ground, located on the former site of Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, in the late 1930s. By the early 1950s, the facility included a water pit, a steep hill, and 11 miles of roadways with varying surfaces of concrete, cobblestone, macadam, gravel, and brick -- complete with potholes and simulated railroad crossings.
Ford Motor Company opened a formal proving ground, located on the former site of Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, in the late 1930s. By the early 1950s, the facility included a water pit, a steep hill, and 11 miles of roadways with varying surfaces of concrete, cobblestone, macadam, gravel, and brick -- complete with potholes and simulated railroad crossings.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
25 March 1952-04 June 1952
Subject Date
25 March 1952 - 04 June 1952
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.536.P.833.98497.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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