Newspaper Clipping, "Edsel Ford at San Diego Fair," San Francisco News, August 28, 1935

Summary

Take two mechanically inclined boys and a bunch of spare Ford parts and you may soon have a running automobile. Elmer Logan and Dick Nicholson built a vehicle for a "jalopy" contest at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego. Their entry may not have been pretty, but Edsel Ford was impressed with the boys' determination and ability.

Take two mechanically inclined boys and a bunch of spare Ford parts and you may soon have a running automobile. Elmer Logan and Dick Nicholson built a vehicle for a "jalopy" contest at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego. Their entry may not have been pretty, but Edsel Ford was impressed with the boys' determination and ability.

Artifact

Clipping (Information artifact)

Date Made

28 August 1935

Subject Date

28 August 1935

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.6.225

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Newsprint

Technique

Cutting (Dividing)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5.375 in  (Irregular)

Width: 6.125 in  (Irregular)

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