Edsel Ford with the Ford Good Drivers League Scholarship Winners, Patricia Borman and Kenneth R. Karr, August 1941

Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company created the Good Drivers League in 1940 to promote safe driving habits among high school students. In 1941, boys and girls from 48 states and the District of Columbia came to Dearborn, Michigan, to compete for scholarships and trophies. National champions Patricia Borman and Kenneth Karr stand with Edsel Ford (center), tennis champion Alice Marble, and Indianapolis 500 winner Wilbur Shaw.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

20 August 1941-25 August 1941

Collection Title

General Photographs Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.76026.91

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: 8.25 in
Width: 11 in

Keywords	Photographic prints Photographs Automobile drivers Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 Shaw, Wilbur, 1902-1954 Marble, Alice, 1913-1990 Borman, Patricia Karr, Kenneth R. Ford Good Drivers League Automobile driving Contests Teenagers Traffic safety Trophies (Objects)