Margaret Love and Kenneth Schwartz with 1928 Ford "Flivver" Monoplane, 1953

THF728959 / Margaret Love and Kenneth Schwartz with 1928 Ford "Flivver" Monoplane, 1953

Artifact Overview

Just as he put the world on wheels with the Model T, Henry Ford hoped to give it wings with a small, affordable airplane. A few prototype Flivver planes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after test pilot Harry Brooks was killed in a Flivver crash in 1928. One of the remaining prototypes went to Ford's museum.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

1953

Subject Date

1953

Creators

Henry Ford (Organization). Photographic Department

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.N.B.3537

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Negatives (Photographs) Airplanes Men Monoplanes Museum employees Women Ford Flivver (Airplane) Schwartz, Ken (Kenneth C.), 1929-2017 Love, Margaret Henry Ford (Organization)