Eddie Stinson, Ruth Elder and Henry Ford, February 1928
THF256238 / Eddie Stinson, Ruth Elder and Henry Ford, February 1928
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Artifact Overview
Pilot Ruth Elder posed with Eddie Stinson and Henry Ford for this February 1928 photograph. Four months earlier, Elder made an unsuccessful attempt to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in American Girl, a Stinson Detroiter airplane built by Eddie Stinson's company. Henry Ford had his own aircraft division building Ford Tri-Motors at the time.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
February 1928
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.188.3357
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
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