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Twenty Millionth Ford: Hannibal and St. Louis, Missouri; Des Moines, Iowa Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Police escorted motorcade led by small Boy Scout drum and bugle corps and Twenty Millionth Ford in business district, spectators [Hannibal, Mo., 7/2/31] - motorcade, group posing with Twenty Millionth in front of Williston Motor Co., sign, ‘Welcome! 20 Millionth Ford’ - key presented to driver of car - spectators lining street, two automobiles and a sound truck driven up and stopped, pedestrian and automobile traffic - crowd outside Ford dealership, sign in window, ‘See 20 Millionth Ford at City Hall’ - crowd around Twenty Millionth - group of men posing with car at City Hall - man gets out of car and signs log book - Twenty Millionth is driven down flight of stairs in front of building to street - [St. Louis. City Hall. Mayor Walter Mason] - group of ladies getting into car - man gets out - ladies posing with Twenty Millionth - group of ladies posing with Twenty Millionth - Twenty Millionth - (‘Des Moines Branch’ written on film) - Twenty Millionth Ford in front of State Capitol building, men coming down steps of building, greetings, license plate presented, man signing log, man getting into car - Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa, police escort departing motorcade - motorcade travels through business district, pedestrian, automobile traffic - motorcade at Ford branch, Twenty Millionth driven down sidewalk. [1931]
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