People Clowning / Boy Scouts Unveiling Harry Brooks Memorial Tablet / Airplane and Passengers / Mrs. Anne Morrow] Lindbergh with Airplane / Mrs. [Anne Morrow] Lindbergh and Ford Tri-Motor Airplane Part 3
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Couple with doll pretending it is a baby, kissing it, kissing each other - couple holding hands, hugging and kissing each other - couple clowning, posing - couple, woman with paper bag over head, man handing her candy cane, wooden toy, piece of candy, man kissing woman, woman removing paper bag from face, slapping man, making faces, couple posing - woman beckoning, grabbing man, pretending to hit him, couple posing - two women upbraiding man, man holding hands over ears, the three posing - couple clowning, laughing, posing - couple sitting down, posing. [1920] b. Boy Scouts unveiling Harry Brooks Tablet. Boy Scouts, crowd of boys, policeman gathered around Harry Brooks Memorial Tablet at Michigan Ave and Schaefer Road, Detroit - boys removing large wreath of flowers from tablet, removing drape from front - two boys standing at attention beside monument - inscription, ‘A Tribute to the Boy Scouts of Fordson Who Planted These Trees and Dedicated Them to the Public on Arbor Day 1928 in Memory of Harry Brooks Who Forfeited His Life in the Promotion of Aviation on Feb. 9, 1928.’ [1928] c. Model Plane Contest Judges ride in Cleveland. Two men posing beside Ford Tri-Motor on field, sign on plane, ‘Detroit-Cleveland Airline, Operated by Stout Air Services Inc.’ - view of plane interior, passengers - man in co-pilot’s seat - aerial view of industrial area Cleveland - passengers in plane - plane in flight. [1927] d. Mrs. Lindbergh with Airplane. Mrs. Lindbergh Returns from Mexico. Several people including Edsel Ford, Mrs. Lindbergh, Evangeline, Charles Lindbergh’s mother, Henry and Mrs. Ford in hangar, plane - group posing with Tri-Motor - Mrs. Lindbergh looking out of plane door - plane taxiing out of hangar, taking off, in flight - photographer taking pictures of plane. [1928] e. Mrs. Linbergh and Ford Tri-Motor Airplane. Ford Tri-Motor Plane leaving to meet Colonel Charles Lindbergh. Tri-Motor on field - engines stopping one at a time - engines running - plane taxiing, taking off, in flight - Mrs. Lindbergh , Evangeline, Charles Lindbergh’s mother, with others beside plane, getting into plane, posing beside plane, getting into plane - plane warming up, taxiing, taking off, in flight - aerial view of plane on field, taking off, in flight - several repeat views of plane taking off. [1927]
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