Correspondence between the Bradford, Illinois "Girls in the Model T" and the Office of Henry Ford, 1940
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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
Correspondence
Date Made
28 August 1940-30 October 1940
Subject Date
28 August 1940-30 October 1940
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.285.65
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Handwriting
Typewriting
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.5 in
Width: 7.25 in
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