Aviator Floyd Bennett and Explorer Richard Byrd with Edsel Ford at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, 1926
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When Richard Byrd proposed a flight over the North Pole with pilot Floyd Bennett, he turned to Edsel Ford for financial support. Not only did Ford provide considerable aid himself, he encouraged other business leaders to contribute as well. Following Byrd's flight, he wrote to Edsel Ford: "I owe more to you than all the rest put together."
When Richard Byrd proposed a flight over the North Pole with pilot Floyd Bennett, he turned to Edsel Ford for financial support. Not only did Ford provide considerable aid himself, he encouraged other business leaders to contribute as well. Following Byrd's flight, he wrote to Edsel Ford: "I owe more to you than all the rest put together."
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
17 December 1926
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.247
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6 in
Width: 8 in
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