Stout Air Transport 2AT-2 Airplane, "Maiden Dearborn" at Ford Airport, 1925

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Artifact Overview

The Stout 2AT airplane, designed by William B. Stout, first flew in February 1924. It had a cruising speed of 100 miles per hour, a range of 500 miles, and a capacity of six passengers or 1,500 pounds of freight. The plane in this photo was the first built at Stout's factory in Dearborn -- which explains its pun name, Maiden Dearborn.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

06 April 1925

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.1008.AP.2115

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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten in pencil on back: No Neg