Airmarker Painted on a Ford Dealership Roof, New Braunfels, Texas, July 1926
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Artifact Overview
Edsel Ford championed the development of commercial aviation in the United States. As an aid to aerial navigation, he wrote letters to Ford dealers encouraging them to paint two things on each dealer's roof: the name of the city and an arrow pointing due north. More than 4,000 communities had aerial markings of some sort by 1929.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
08 July 1926
Subject Date
08 July 1926
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.46999
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 11.25 in
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