Letter from Harry Guggenheim to Edsel Ford regarding Airmarking Buildings to Aid Aerial Navigation, January 29, 1929
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Artifact Overview
Edsel Ford championed the development of commercial aviation in the United States. As an aid to aerial navigation, he wrote letters to Ford dealers encouraging them to paint two things on each dealer's roof: the name of the city and an arrow pointing due north. More than 4,000 communities had aerial markings of some sort by 1929.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Letter (Correspondence)
Date Made
29 January 1929
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.6.239
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Typewriting
Handwriting
Stamping (Marking)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in
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