Birthday Greetings Telegram from "The Girls in the Model T" to Henry Ford, July 28, 1939

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Artifact Overview

Darlene Dorgan, accompanied by four or five young women, spent summer vacations during the 1930s and early 1940s traveling in her 1926 Model T. The carefree troupes from Bradford, Illinois, roamed the United States and Canada in the self-painted silver "T". After driving to Dearborn, Michigan, to wish Henry Ford a happy birthday in 1938, the group kept in touch with the famed automaker.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Telegram

Date Made

28 July 1939

Subject Date

28 July 1939

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.1.533

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Typewriting

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 6.5 in
Width: 8.5 in