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Twenty Millionth Ford: Memphis and Oklahoma City Branches Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Twenty Millionth Ford, Memphis Branch. Group with Twenty Millionth Ford in front of large building, some signing at log book - football game, motorcade at edge of field. Game between the Arkansas Teachers College and Arkadelphia at Conway. Group including children, women with bouquets with Twenty Millionth. City officials welcome the Twenty Millionth at Atkins, Arkansas. Police escorted band and Twenty Millionth Ford through business district, followed by spectators - Twenty Millionth greeted by waving spectators. Russelville, Arkansas. Twenty Millionth is welcomed by city officials and the Arkansas Technical College Band. Spectators, group posing with Twenty Millionth, man with box ‘Ark. Coal…’ on side, girl with flowers, group of girls cheerleading, band playing - police escorted motorcade led by color bearer on horseback, band, horseback rider accompanying motorcade . Twenty Millionth Ford, Oklahoma Branch. Group with Twenty Millionth Ford in front of garage, man signing log, presentation of key to city. Twenty Millionth is welcomed at Muskogee, Oklahoma, by Mayor Phelps and other officials, and is presented with the key to the city. Group with Twenty Millionth in front of building, crowd of school children running toward camera. School is dismissed at Wagoner, Oklahoma, to afford the students an opportunity to see the Twenty Millionth. Motorcade parked in front of garage, white-coated man standing in front of each car - dignitaries signing log - girl presenting flowers - view of city from a high point. Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oil Capitol of the World, Mayor Watkins and other officials sign the log book. Mayor Watkins presents the key to the city, and Miss Swanson a bouquet. Viewing Tulsa from Reservoir Hill. Group filing past Twenty Millionth, bouquet on running board, shaking hands with the driver. Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Mayor Daugherty and Police Chief Turner present flowers and sign the log book. Group including Indians with Twenty Millionth, man presenting peace pipe. Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the heart of the Osage Indian Reservation, Chief Lookout welcomes the Twenty Millionth and presents an Indian Peace Pipe for Mr. Ford. This peace pipe is the only remaining one in the nation which originally was used in Indian peace councils. Chief Lookout is an enthusiastic Lincoln car owner, as are several others in his family. [1931]
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