Harvey Firestone, Jr. and Elizabeth Parke Firestone with Daughters Elizabeth and Martha at the National Air Races, 1929
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Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey Firestone, Jr., attended the National Air Races with their daughters in 1929. Held in Cleveland, Ohio, the event featured a mix of shorter-course pylon races and longer cross-country competitions. That year's Women's Air Derby race from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland was the first all-female air race in the United States.
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey Firestone, Jr., attended the National Air Races with their daughters in 1929. Held in Cleveland, Ohio, the event featured a mix of shorter-course pylon races and longer cross-country competitions. That year's Women's Air Derby race from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland was the first all-female air race in the United States.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
24 August 1929-02 September 1929
Keywords
United States, Ohio, Cleveland
Demonstrations (Presentation events)
Firestone, Harvey S., 1898-1973
Firestone, Elizabeth Parke, 1897-1990
Firestone, Elizabeth Chambers, 1922-1989
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
94.64.137
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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