Drawing of Airmarker for the American Car and Foundry Company, Berwick, Pennsylvania, September 1929
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Artifact Overview
Philanthropist Daniel Guggenheim established a Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics in 1926. The fund supported a town identification project encouraging every American community to paint its name and a north-pointing arrow on the roof of a prominent building. Recommended letter height was 12 feet -- to be plainly visible from airplanes 3,000 feet in the sky.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Blueprint (Reprographic copy)
Date Made
29 September 1927
Subject Date
29 September 1927
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.6.232
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Blueprint process
Color
Blue
Dimensions
Height: 25 in
Width: 33.25 in
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