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Twenty Millionth Ford at Atlantic Branch Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Twenty Millionth, Atlanta Branch. Group with Twenty Millionth Ford, girl presenting flowers, man giving blanket to driver - all walk to camera. Dalton, Georgia. Miss Mary Ashcraft presents flowers and Mayor McAfee a blanket made especially for the purpose. Group with Twenty Millionth, presentation of flowers and jug Fairburn, Georgia. Comely Katherine Kitchens presents a bouquet of flowers and Mayor Hearn a little brown jug. Group and Twenty Millionth Ford, presentation of flowers, waving crowd - group with Twenty Millionth, presentation of sweet potato. Chippley, Georgia. The attractive sponsor presents flowers and Mayor Wisdom a life size bronze sweet potato on a plaque. Banner sign over highway, ‘Welcome Columbus,’ police escorted Twenty Millionth - group around Twenty Millionth, flowers presented to driver - group with Twenty Millionth Ford, presentation of flowers, golf clubs. Augusta, Georgia. 12/12/31. Twenty Millionth Ford at City Hall. Miss Billie Jennings presents trophy of golf sticks mounted on celluloid base. Augusta claims title of world’s golf center. Group with Twenty Millionth Ford, flowers, token presented to driver, crowd. Cartersville, Georgia. Miss Leslie Mary Lowry, sponsor, presents flowers and Mayor Hill a token of samples of products mined in the vicinity. Crowd in street, Twenty Millionth, flowers and small chair presented to driver. Marietta, Georgia. Mrs. Brown, sponsor, presents flowers and Mayor Brumby, also president of the Brumby Chair Company, presents a miniature rocking chair. Police escorted motorcade through business district, pedestrian, bicycle, automobile, streetcar traffic, spectators - Twenty Millionth Ford, group, presentation of flowers - Twenty Millionth in front of school building, woman signing log, flowers presented as girls filing out of gate behind Twenty Millionth - group moving to camera - Twenty Millionth moving past waving school girls, woman and driver getting out of Twenty Millionth in front of gate, band coming through gate, buildings, girls lined up, band playing - view of school buildings. Martha Berry School in Rome, Ga. Miss Berry signs the log book. The girls of the Martha Berry School greeting the Twenty Millionth. Miss Berry presents a bouquet of flowers. A group of buildings in the girl’s division. [1931]
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