Cargo Door with Crate in Royal Typewriter's Ford Tri-Motor 4AT-8 Airplane, 1927
THF135712 / Cargo Door with Crate in Royal Typewriter's Ford Tri-Motor 4AT-8 Airplane, 1927
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Artifact Overview
One of the most unusual uses of a Tri-Motor was by Royal Typewriter Company of Hartford, Connecticut. Royal purchased its plane in 1927 to deliver typewriters to the company's distributors. To avoid time-consuming landings, Royal dropped the typewriters, three at a time, by parachute. Royal ended the experimental program and sold its Tri-Motor before year's end.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
29 July 1927
Subject Date
29 July 1927
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.189.4489
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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