Walter Pidgeon Signing an Airplane at Willow Run Bomber Plant during a War Bond Drive, January 1944
THF274342 / Walter Pidgeon Signing an Airplane at Willow Run Bomber Plant during a War Bond Drive, January 1944
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Artifact Overview
Actor Walter Pidgeon visited Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant on January 21, 1944. Pidgeon good-naturedly signed an airplane named Pidgeon Coop in his honor. At peak production, Willow Run completed one B-24 Liberator bomber every 63 minutes. Americans considered it an industrial marvel. Other famous visitors to the plant included filmmaker Walt Disney and newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
21 January 1944
Subject Date
21 January 1944
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.79271.11
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10.875 in
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