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Airline Officials with Donald Shelley, Presenting the 1939 Douglas DC-3 to Henry Ford Museum, May 28, 1975

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Artifact Overview

North Central Airlines donated a DC-3 airplane to The Henry Ford in 1975. Built in 1939, the plane flew passengers for Eastern Airlines in its first 13 years. North Central then purchased it and used the plane in passenger service until 1965, when North Central converted it into a VIP aircraft. All told, the airplane logged nearly 85,000 flight hours.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

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Subject Date

28 May 1975

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.235.4

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Resin-coated paper

Technique

Chromogenic processes

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 5 in
Width: 4 in