Biplanes / Ford Engineering Laboratory / Railroad Trains in Plant Yard / Parking At, and Workers Leaving, River Rouge Plant / Ford Aircraft Building / Fire At Soybean Plant / Model-A Fords Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. U.S. Army biplanes, Curtiss JN-4 ‘Jenny’, taxiing, taking off, landing - men and planes lined up on airfield. [1918] b. Drafting room, workers at drawing tables - laboratory, workers, equipment. [1931] c. View of Ford railroad trains in the plant yard. [1923] d. Views of parking lots at River Rouge plant, heavy automobile and bus traffic - workers leaving plant by overpass, coming downstairs - workers walking in plant yard. [1925] e. View of Ford Motor Company aircraft building at the River Rouge plant with pedestrian, automobile traffic. [1940] f. Building on fire, firemen spraying water into building, dense smoke - firemen on ladder spraying water into building. [1941] g. Final assembly line, workers - chassis on line, body drop, ‘Twenty Millionth Ford’ - interior of garage, tow truck, Model A driven in, people getting out - garage exterior, Model A driven out, man filling tank with gasoline - Model A turning in narrow circle - men with Model A at gas pump, car being driven away from pump - Model A’s on display: Victoria Coupe; Deluxe Roadster; Deluxe Coupe; Standard Coupe; Cabriolet; Roadster; Sport Coupe; Tudor Sedan; Town Sedan; Fordor Sedan; Deluxe Sedan; Deluxe Phaeton; Station Wagon - Model A on road through woods. [1931]
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