Ford Tri-Motor Airplane Advertisement, "First Time Up!," 1928

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Artifact Overview

Air travel was something completely new for most Americans in the 1920s. Ford Motor Company offered an exciting -- and reassuring -- description of the experience in its advertisements for Ford Tri-Motor airplanes. Passengers "move twice as fast as the fastest express trains" secure in the knowledge that "if all three (engines) fail the plane has a gliding range of miles."

Artifact Details

Artifact

Advertisement

Date Made

1928

Subject Date

1928

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.19.245

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 14 in
Width: 11 in

Ford Tri-Motor Airplane Advertisement, "First Time Up!," 1928