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