Airplane Flying over Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, Michigan, 1931

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Artifact Overview

Edsel and Henry Ford conceived the Dearborn Inn as a business opportunity, a first-class hotel hosting pilots and travelers transiting through the adjacent Ford Airport. It is noted as one of the first airport hotels. It also served traveling Ford employees and dealers, and visitors to the nearby Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford).

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1931

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.56398.2

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

Airplane Flying over Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, Michigan, 1931