Loading Passengers and Luggage on a Ford Tri-Motor Transcontinental Air Transport Flight, 1929-1930
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Artifact Overview
Passengers, protected from weather by a covered walkway, board a Ford Tri-Motor for a Transcontinental Air Transport flight. Their luggage is being loaded into a compartment built into the airplane's wing. The unusual storage arrangement provided room for cargo without taking up any of the limited space in the cabin.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1929-1930
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.6130
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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