Ford Tri-Motor 14-AT Airplane Wing Interior Structure, December 1931

Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company's Tri-Motor, built from 1926-1933, flew in many early American airline fleets. The all-metal airplane was rugged, dependable, and equally adaptable to passenger and freight service. Tri-Motors were built with some of the same mass production techniques used in Ford's automobile plants. In this photo, the interior of the 14-AT airplane wing structure is revealed.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

December 1931

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.56686.1

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 11 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Aircraft industry Ford Tri-Motor airplane Ford Motor Company. Stout Metal Airplane Division Ford Airport (Dearborn, Mich.) Airplane factories Airplane wings Airplanes Ford Three-engined Monoplane (Transport plane)