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- Airship "Norge" in the Air before the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar Flight, May 1926 - The semi-rigid airship <em>Norge</em> flew over the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was the first confirmed visit of any kind to the pole. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen headed the expedition. He was joined by American adventurer Lincoln Ellsworth, who helped fund the mission, Italian aviator Umberto Nobile, who designed the <em>Norge</em>, and a crew of 13 others.
- May 01, 1926
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Airship "Norge" in the Air before the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar Flight, May 1926
The semi-rigid airship Norge flew over the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was the first confirmed visit of any kind to the pole. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen headed the expedition. He was joined by American adventurer Lincoln Ellsworth, who helped fund the mission, Italian aviator Umberto Nobile, who designed the Norge, and a crew of 13 others.
- Airship "Norge" before the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar Flight, May 1926 - The semi-rigid airship <em>Norge</em> flew over the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was the first confirmed visit of any kind to the pole. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen headed the expedition. He was joined by American adventurer Lincoln Ellsworth, who helped fund the mission, Italian aviator Umberto Nobile, who designed the <em>Norge</em>, and a crew of 13 others.
- May 01, 1926
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Airship "Norge" before the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar Flight, May 1926
The semi-rigid airship Norge flew over the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was the first confirmed visit of any kind to the pole. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen headed the expedition. He was joined by American adventurer Lincoln Ellsworth, who helped fund the mission, Italian aviator Umberto Nobile, who designed the Norge, and a crew of 13 others.
- Airship "Norge" before the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar Flight, May 1926 - The semi-rigid airship <em>Norge</em> flew over the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was the first confirmed visit of any kind to the pole. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen headed the expedition. He was joined by American adventurer Lincoln Ellsworth, who helped fund the mission, Italian aviator Umberto Nobile, who designed the <em>Norge</em>, and a crew of 13 others.
- May 01, 1926
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Airship "Norge" before the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar Flight, May 1926
The semi-rigid airship Norge flew over the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was the first confirmed visit of any kind to the pole. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen headed the expedition. He was joined by American adventurer Lincoln Ellsworth, who helped fund the mission, Italian aviator Umberto Nobile, who designed the Norge, and a crew of 13 others.
- Richard E. Byrd, Floyd Bennett, and Others Celebrate the Arctic Expedition beside the Fokker Airplane, the "Josephine Ford," June 2, 1926 - On May 9, 1926, explorer Richard Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett flew toward the North Pole in a Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor airplane. Edsel Ford provided considerable financial support to the expedition, and Byrd named his airplane <em>Josephine Ford</em> to honor Mr. Ford's young daughter. Though Byrd is generally credited with reaching the pole, controversy remains.
- June 02, 1926
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Richard E. Byrd, Floyd Bennett, and Others Celebrate the Arctic Expedition beside the Fokker Airplane, the "Josephine Ford," June 2, 1926
On May 9, 1926, explorer Richard Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett flew toward the North Pole in a Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor airplane. Edsel Ford provided considerable financial support to the expedition, and Byrd named his airplane Josephine Ford to honor Mr. Ford's young daughter. Though Byrd is generally credited with reaching the pole, controversy remains.
- Correspondence between W.L. Schurz and the Office of Henry Ford regarding Brazil Expedition, July - August, 1925 -
- 21 July 1925-07 August 1925
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Correspondence between W.L. Schurz and the Office of Henry Ford regarding Brazil Expedition, July - August, 1925
- "In Nature's Laboratory : Commemorating Our Vacation Trip of 1916, August 28th to September 9th" - The Vagabonds -- Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs -- enjoyed their annual camping trips taken from 1916 to 1924. Burroughs chronicled the group's 1916 journey in the elaborate scrapbook <em>In Nature's Laboratory</em>. Burroughs, Edison, and Firestone traveled through the Adirondack Mountains and Vermont. Ford couldn't make the trip that year.
- 28 August 1916-09 September 1916
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"In Nature's Laboratory : Commemorating Our Vacation Trip of 1916, August 28th to September 9th"
The Vagabonds -- Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs -- enjoyed their annual camping trips taken from 1916 to 1924. Burroughs chronicled the group's 1916 journey in the elaborate scrapbook In Nature's Laboratory. Burroughs, Edison, and Firestone traveled through the Adirondack Mountains and Vermont. Ford couldn't make the trip that year.
- Diner Addresses Collected during a June 1976 Road Trip in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania -
- June 01, 1976
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Diner Addresses Collected during a June 1976 Road Trip in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania
- Tourists Driving through Mariposa Grove, Yosemite Valley, California, circa 1905 - Paying customers could see some of Yosemite National Park's most famous features from the comfort of a seven-passenger Pierce-Arrow automobile. One highlight of taking this "Horseshoe Route" was a ride through the Wawona Tunnel Tree. The Giant Sequoia in Mariposa Grove was cut as a tourist attraction in 1881.
- circa 1905
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Tourists Driving through Mariposa Grove, Yosemite Valley, California, circa 1905
Paying customers could see some of Yosemite National Park's most famous features from the comfort of a seven-passenger Pierce-Arrow automobile. One highlight of taking this "Horseshoe Route" was a ride through the Wawona Tunnel Tree. The Giant Sequoia in Mariposa Grove was cut as a tourist attraction in 1881.
- "Motor Life," March 1924 - The growth of automobile ownership and development of good roads drove more Americans to explore the country in the 1920s. <em>Motor Life</em> offered a number of interesting articles for the motor tourists. Readers of this issue could learn about traveling across the country, as well as view a map of available transcontinental routes.
- March 01, 1924
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"Motor Life," March 1924
The growth of automobile ownership and development of good roads drove more Americans to explore the country in the 1920s. Motor Life offered a number of interesting articles for the motor tourists. Readers of this issue could learn about traveling across the country, as well as view a map of available transcontinental routes.
- Driver Tom Fetch in "Old Pacific" on the Cross-Country Trip Sponsored by Packard Motor Car Company, 1903 - In 1903, two men drove a Packard Model F nicknamed "Old Pacific" from San Francisco to New York. It was the second automobile to complete the epic journey. Few roads stretched west of the Mississippi, and if the men encountered a problem, they had to solve it themselves. This photograph shows a desolate landscape, the dust-covered Packard, and E.T. "Tom" Fetch.
- 1903
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Driver Tom Fetch in "Old Pacific" on the Cross-Country Trip Sponsored by Packard Motor Car Company, 1903
In 1903, two men drove a Packard Model F nicknamed "Old Pacific" from San Francisco to New York. It was the second automobile to complete the epic journey. Few roads stretched west of the Mississippi, and if the men encountered a problem, they had to solve it themselves. This photograph shows a desolate landscape, the dust-covered Packard, and E.T. "Tom" Fetch.