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- Amelia Earhart Meets Richard Byrd aboard SS President Roosevelt, Returning from the Transatlantic Flight, July 6, 1928 - Amelia Earhart was congratulated by explorer Richard Byrd for her 1928 flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Earhart, riding as a passenger with pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon, made the crossing in a Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor airplane. Byrd used a similar Fokker on his North Pole flight in 1926.
- July 06, 1928
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Amelia Earhart Meets Richard Byrd aboard SS President Roosevelt, Returning from the Transatlantic Flight, July 6, 1928
Amelia Earhart was congratulated by explorer Richard Byrd for her 1928 flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Earhart, riding as a passenger with pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon, made the crossing in a Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor airplane. Byrd used a similar Fokker on his North Pole flight in 1926.
- Al Smith, Henry Ford, Fiorello La Guardia, Grover Whalen and Edsel Ford at "Road of Tomorrow" Dedication, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Ford Motor Company was a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Visitors to the Ford building could ride in brand-new Ford automobiles along the Road of Tomorrow. This conceptual highway ride suggested modern techniques for safer, quieter, and more efficient roadways. In April 1939, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and other dignitaries dedicated the half-mile-long experience.
- April 05, 1939
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Al Smith, Henry Ford, Fiorello La Guardia, Grover Whalen and Edsel Ford at "Road of Tomorrow" Dedication, New York World's Fair, 1939
Ford Motor Company was a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Visitors to the Ford building could ride in brand-new Ford automobiles along the Road of Tomorrow. This conceptual highway ride suggested modern techniques for safer, quieter, and more efficient roadways. In April 1939, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and other dignitaries dedicated the half-mile-long experience.
- Harry Ferguson, Grover Whalen, and Edsel Ford with Ford Tractor at New York World's Fair, 1939 -
- July 28, 1939
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Harry Ferguson, Grover Whalen, and Edsel Ford with Ford Tractor at New York World's Fair, 1939
- Grover Whalen on Ford Tractor, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 -
- July 28, 1939
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Grover Whalen on Ford Tractor, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
- Grover Whalen, Henry Ford II, Edsel Ford, Henry Ford, Al Smith, and Fiorello La Guardia, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Ford Motor Company was a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Visitors to the Ford building could ride in brand-new Ford automobiles along the Road of Tomorrow. This conceptual highway ride suggested modern techniques for safer, quieter, and more efficient roadways. In April 1939, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and other dignitaries dedicated the half-mile-long experience.
- April 05, 1939
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Grover Whalen, Henry Ford II, Edsel Ford, Henry Ford, Al Smith, and Fiorello La Guardia, New York World's Fair, 1939
Ford Motor Company was a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Visitors to the Ford building could ride in brand-new Ford automobiles along the Road of Tomorrow. This conceptual highway ride suggested modern techniques for safer, quieter, and more efficient roadways. In April 1939, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and other dignitaries dedicated the half-mile-long experience.
- Al Smith, Henry Ford, Fiorello La Guardia, Grover Whalen and Edsel Ford at "Road of Tomorrow" Dedication, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Ford Motor Company was a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Visitors to the Ford building could ride in brand-new Ford automobiles along the Road of Tomorrow. This conceptual highway ride suggested modern techniques for safer, quieter, and more efficient roadways. In April 1939, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and other dignitaries dedicated the half-mile-long experience.
- April 05, 1939
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Al Smith, Henry Ford, Fiorello La Guardia, Grover Whalen and Edsel Ford at "Road of Tomorrow" Dedication, New York World's Fair, 1939
Ford Motor Company was a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Visitors to the Ford building could ride in brand-new Ford automobiles along the Road of Tomorrow. This conceptual highway ride suggested modern techniques for safer, quieter, and more efficient roadways. In April 1939, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and other dignitaries dedicated the half-mile-long experience.
- Edsel Ford on Ford Tractor, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 -
- July 28, 1939
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Edsel Ford on Ford Tractor, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
- "Writers' Cramp," Text of the Marionette Play for A.B. Dick Company, New York World's Fair 1939, February 27, 1939 -
- February 27, 1939
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"Writers' Cramp," Text of the Marionette Play for A.B. Dick Company, New York World's Fair 1939, February 27, 1939
- Amelia Earhart Arriving in New York City, Returning from the Transatlantic Flight, July 6, 1928 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean on June 17-18, 1928. She did not pilot the plane but rode as a passenger with pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon. The trio flew in a Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor named <em>Friendship</em>. Four years later, Earhart crossed the Atlantic again -- this time as pilot on a solo flight.
- July 06, 1928
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Amelia Earhart Arriving in New York City, Returning from the Transatlantic Flight, July 6, 1928
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean on June 17-18, 1928. She did not pilot the plane but rode as a passenger with pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon. The trio flew in a Fokker F.VII Tri-Motor named Friendship. Four years later, Earhart crossed the Atlantic again -- this time as pilot on a solo flight.
- Amelia Earhart Christens the "City of New York," Inaugurating Two-Day Transcontinental Air/Rail Service, 1929 - Amelia Earhart, famous for the 1928 flight that made her the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, helped inaugurate transcontinental airline service in 1929. She posed with a Ford Tri-Motor in New York City's Pennsylvania Station. This early service had passengers traveling by train at night and by airplane during daylight. Total travel time to California was 51 hours.
- July 07, 1929
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Amelia Earhart Christens the "City of New York," Inaugurating Two-Day Transcontinental Air/Rail Service, 1929
Amelia Earhart, famous for the 1928 flight that made her the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, helped inaugurate transcontinental airline service in 1929. She posed with a Ford Tri-Motor in New York City's Pennsylvania Station. This early service had passengers traveling by train at night and by airplane during daylight. Total travel time to California was 51 hours.