View of Ford Tri-Motor Bulkhead Assembly, 1929

Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company's Tri-Motor, built from 1926-1933, flew in many early American airline fleets. The all-metal airplane was rugged, dependable, and equally adaptable to passenger and freight service. Tri-Motors were built with some of the same mass production techniques used in Ford's automobile plants. This photo reveals the assembly of a Tri-Motor bulkhead.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1929

Creators

Henry Ford (Organization). Photographic Department

Collection Title

General Photographs Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.53002

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 11 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Aircraft industry Ford Tri-Motor airplane Ford Motor Company. Stout Metal Airplane Division Ford Airport (Dearborn, Mich.) Airplane factories Airplanes Ford Three-engined Monoplane (Transport plane)