Edsel Ford with the Ford Good Drivers League Scholarship Winners, Patricia Borman and Kenneth R. Karr, August 1941
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Ford Motor Company created the Good Drivers League in 1940 to promote safe driving habits among high school students. In 1941, boys and girls from 48 states and the District of Columbia came to Dearborn, Michigan, to compete for scholarships and trophies. National champions Patricia Borman and Kenneth Karr stand with Edsel Ford (center), tennis champion Alice Marble, and Indianapolis 500 winner Wilbur Shaw.
Ford Motor Company created the Good Drivers League in 1940 to promote safe driving habits among high school students. In 1941, boys and girls from 48 states and the District of Columbia came to Dearborn, Michigan, to compete for scholarships and trophies. National champions Patricia Borman and Kenneth Karr stand with Edsel Ford (center), tennis champion Alice Marble, and Indianapolis 500 winner Wilbur Shaw.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
20 August 1941-25 August 1941
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.76026.91
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 11 in
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