Correspondence between Darlene Dorgan and the Office of Henry Ford, April 1942

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Artifact Overview

Darlene Dorgan, accompanied by four or five young women, spent summer vacations during the 1930s and early 1940s traveling in her 1926 Model T. The carefree troupes from Bradford, Illinois, roamed the United States and Canada in the self-painted silver "T". After driving to Dearborn, Michigan, to wish Henry Ford a happy birthday in 1938, the group kept in touch with the famed automaker.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Correspondence

Date Made

10 April 1942-17 April 1942

Subject Date

10 April 1942-17 April 1942

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.285.70

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Handwriting
Typewriting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.5 in
Width: 7.25 in

Correspondence between Darlene Dorgan and the Office of Henry Ford, April 1942