Charles Lindbergh in Ford Flivver Airplane #1 at Ford Airport, August 1927

Summary

Following his pioneering solo transatlantic flight of May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh toured the United States with his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. He visited Detroit on August 10-12, 1927. While at Ford Airport in nearby Dearborn, Lindbergh flew one of Henry Ford's experimental Flivver airplanes.

Following his pioneering solo transatlantic flight of May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh toured the United States with his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. He visited Detroit on August 10-12, 1927. While at Ford Airport in nearby Dearborn, Lindbergh flew one of Henry Ford's experimental Flivver airplanes.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

10 August 1927-12 August 1927

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.189.4589

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: 4.75 in

Width: 6.75 in

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