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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

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Edsel B. Ford Office Papers

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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