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Twenty Millionth Ford: Portland and Seattle Branches Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Twenty Millionth Ford Car, Portland Branch. Twenty Millionth Ford motorcade on bridge - view of river - sign over road, ‘Bridge of the Gods, Toll Bridge’ - view of bridge .The caravan crossing from Oregon into Washington at Cascade Locks over the Bridge of the Gods. Motorcade moving through business district - crowd around Twenty Millionth Ford, dignitaries signing log book - close-up of man signing log, held by member of cavalcade, spectators, handshaking, presentation of plaque to Twenty Millionth Ford driver - group posing with Twenty Millionth - man leaning into car talking into microphone - large bouquet presented to Twenty Millionth driver. Twenty Millionth is welcomed by Mayor Geo. L. Baker at Portland, Oregon, called the City of Roses. W.D.B. Dodson, of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, bestows a plaque, and the National Florist Association presents a bouquet of roses. Motorcade stopping at garage - spectators including school children and band, sign on drum, ‘Junior High School Band, Tillamook’ Twenty Millionth Caravan arrives at Tillamook, Oregon, and is welcomed by the junior high school band and other school children . Twenty Millionth Ford Car, Seattle Branch. Honor guard on steps of Capitol building, group descending, greeting driver of Twenty Millionth Ford, presenting license plate - close-up of license plate - members of group signing log - motorcade parked in front of capitol - large crowd of mostly children around Twenty Millionth Ford - view of Capitol dome off in the distance. The Governor and his staff greet the Twenty Millionth at Olympia, Washington. Governor Roland Hartley of Washington, presents the Twenty Millionth license plates and signs the log book. Miss Amy Albright and other dignitaries also sign. [1931]
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