Aerial View, Opening of Curtiss-Reynolds Airport, Glenview, Illinois, 1929
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Navigating in an early airplane -- without the benefit of sophisticated cockpit instruments or radio communication -- wasn't easy. Many early pilots simply flew along railroads or highways to reach their destinations. Airports, like this one at Glenview, Illinois, painted their names in large letters on rooftops. It made their facilities easier to identify from the sky.
Navigating in an early airplane -- without the benefit of sophisticated cockpit instruments or radio communication -- wasn't easy. Many early pilots simply flew along railroads or highways to reach their destinations. Airports, like this one at Glenview, Illinois, painted their names in large letters on rooftops. It made their facilities easier to identify from the sky.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
20 October 1929
Subject Date
1929
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.15
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
typed sheet of paper center bottom of image: [...] AIR TOUR LINES HELP OPEN AIRPORT / The new $3,000,000 Curtiss Reynolds Air- / Port at Glenview, Suburb of Chicago, was / opened with Fitting ceremony Oct. 20th. [...] and the Ships in the Ford National / Reliability Tour [...] Photo Shows the Large Hangar Unit / with Promenade Deck, Feature of the Airport, / some of the 35,000 Persons who Witnessed / the Opening [...] dedication of the Curtiss-Reynolds Airport. / 10-20-29
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