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- Demolishing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946 - Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the <EM>Hindenburg</EM> disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- October 26, 1946
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Demolishing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946
Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the Hindenburg disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- Workmen Removing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946 - Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the <EM>Hindenburg</EM> disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- October 26, 1946
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Workmen Removing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946
Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the Hindenburg disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- Looking Toward Ford Airport across the Henry Ford Museum Construction Site, April 3, 1929 - Henry Ford commissioned architect Robert O. Derrick to design the museum building for his Edison Institute. It was built on this site in Dearborn, Michigan, between Ford Motor Company's Engineering Laboratory and Ford Airport. In late October 1929, the completed front portion of the building hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee banquet, but the museum wasn't fully finished until the mid-1930s.
- April 03, 1929
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Looking Toward Ford Airport across the Henry Ford Museum Construction Site, April 3, 1929
Henry Ford commissioned architect Robert O. Derrick to design the museum building for his Edison Institute. It was built on this site in Dearborn, Michigan, between Ford Motor Company's Engineering Laboratory and Ford Airport. In late October 1929, the completed front portion of the building hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee banquet, but the museum wasn't fully finished until the mid-1930s.
- Pulling Down the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, 1946 - Signals communicate messages from far away. They may take the form of a bonfire sending smoke signals, lanterns or maritime flags on a ship, or the tapped out sounds of Morse code. In this image, signaling flags are being used by men on the ground to guide a safe demolition of the airship mast at Ford Airport.
- October 26, 1946
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Pulling Down the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, 1946
Signals communicate messages from far away. They may take the form of a bonfire sending smoke signals, lanterns or maritime flags on a ship, or the tapped out sounds of Morse code. In this image, signaling flags are being used by men on the ground to guide a safe demolition of the airship mast at Ford Airport.
- Ford Tri-Motor Airplane NX4542 in March 1928, Later Flown by Admiral Byrd Over the South Pole - Polar explorer and pioneering aviator Richard Byrd chose this rugged, dependable Ford Tri-Motor 4-AT to attempt the first flight over the South Pole. He named the plane <EM>Floyd Bennett</EM>, after the recently deceased pilot of his previous expeditions. Byrd and his crew of three successfully completed the momentous South Pole flight in late November 1929.
- March 27, 1928
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Ford Tri-Motor Airplane NX4542 in March 1928, Later Flown by Admiral Byrd Over the South Pole
Polar explorer and pioneering aviator Richard Byrd chose this rugged, dependable Ford Tri-Motor 4-AT to attempt the first flight over the South Pole. He named the plane Floyd Bennett, after the recently deceased pilot of his previous expeditions. Byrd and his crew of three successfully completed the momentous South Pole flight in late November 1929.
- Demolishing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946 - Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the <EM>Hindenburg</EM> disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- October 26, 1946
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Demolishing the Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 26, 1946
Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the Hindenburg disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport Being Demolished, October 26, 1946 - Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the <EM>Hindenburg</EM> disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- October 26, 1946
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Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport Being Demolished, October 26, 1946
Henry Ford, like others in the mid-1920s, saw great promise in airships. They had more payload capacity and greater range than contemporary airplanes. Ford installed an airship mooring mast at Ford Airport in 1925. Only two ships ever used the structure before the Hindenburg disaster effectively ended the airship era in 1937. Crews dismantled Ford's mooring mast in 1946.
- Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 24, 1946 - Airships seemed to hold great promise in the 1920s, so Henry Ford built a mooring mast at Ford Airport. The structure, 210 feet tall, was painted in bands of yellow, black, and white for maximum visibility. Only two airships, the Army's <EM>RS-1</EM> and the Navy's <EM>Los Angeles</EM>, ever used the mast before the <EM>Hindenburg</EM> disaster ended the airship era in 1937.
- October 24, 1946
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Dirigible Mooring Mast at Ford Airport, October 24, 1946
Airships seemed to hold great promise in the 1920s, so Henry Ford built a mooring mast at Ford Airport. The structure, 210 feet tall, was painted in bands of yellow, black, and white for maximum visibility. Only two airships, the Army's RS-1 and the Navy's Los Angeles, ever used the mast before the Hindenburg disaster ended the airship era in 1937.
- Aerial View of Ford Airport before Construction of Greenfield Village, 1925 - Planes, pilots, and cameras that had been used for aerial reconnaissance during World War I found new work conducting aerial surveys in the 1920s. Aerial survey images helped inform changing agricultural practices, urban planning, and real estate development. This photograph, taken by a Detroit-based aerial surveyor, shows Dearborn, Michigan, where auto magnate Henry Ford completed many large-scale construction projects.
- 1925
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Aerial View of Ford Airport before Construction of Greenfield Village, 1925
Planes, pilots, and cameras that had been used for aerial reconnaissance during World War I found new work conducting aerial surveys in the 1920s. Aerial survey images helped inform changing agricultural practices, urban planning, and real estate development. This photograph, taken by a Detroit-based aerial surveyor, shows Dearborn, Michigan, where auto magnate Henry Ford completed many large-scale construction projects.
- United States Army Airship at Ford Airport, September 18, 1926 - In 1925, Henry Ford erected the only privately owned airship mooring mast in the world at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. This is U.S. Army airship <EM>RS-1</EM>, the first to dock at Ford Airport. U.S. Navy airship <EM>Los Angeles</EM> also docked here in October of 1926, but the use of these aircraft declined and the Ford mooring mast was never used again.
- September 19, 1926
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United States Army Airship at Ford Airport, September 18, 1926
In 1925, Henry Ford erected the only privately owned airship mooring mast in the world at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. This is U.S. Army airship RS-1, the first to dock at Ford Airport. U.S. Navy airship Los Angeles also docked here in October of 1926, but the use of these aircraft declined and the Ford mooring mast was never used again.