| | 1242 | Title: | Charles Kuralt "On the Road" Collection  | | | | Accession: | 95.23 | | | | Creator: | CBS News | | | | Abstract: | Charles Kuralt was a television broadcaster who traveled across the United States telling stories of ordinary Americans. These segments, called "On the Road," aired on CBS between 1967 and 1994. This collection contains newspaper clippings, maps and an atlas, repair reports, periodicals, and owner's manuals that were all found in the "On the Road" motorhome after it was donated to The Henry Ford in 1995. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 1243 | Title: | Harry Brooks Sympathy Acknowledgement Card, 1928 | | | | Accession: | 95.35 | | | | Creator: | Brooks family | | | | Abstract: | Harry Brooks, a noted test pilot from Southfield, Michigan, worked for the Stout Metal Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Company. In his time there, he primarily worked with the Ford Trimotor, performing its first night flight and even transporting Charles Lindbergh's mother to Mexico in 1927. In 1926, Brooks also tested the new Ford Flivver. 1928 witnessed Brooks making his second attempt setting a long distance flying record. He landed in Titusville, Florida, with a bent propeller, short of the record. The next day, after making the repairs himself, Harry Brooks left Titusville and circled over the Atlantic Ocean, where his plane went down off the coast of Melbourne, Florida, due to a technical malfunction.
The Harry Brooks Sympathy Acknowledgement Card contains one piece of correspondence from the Brooks family thanking the members of the Rebekah Lodge, of Birmingham, Michigan, for the card they sent to the family.
The collection is open for research. 0.1 cubic ft. (1 folder). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 1244 | Title: | Kirby Vacuum Collection | | | | Accession: | 95.79 | | | | Creator: | Kirby Company | | | | Abstract: | The Kirby Company began manufacturing vacuum cleaners and other cleaning accessories after World War I. A unique aspect to the company was that its products were, and still are, only sold directly to consumers by independent distributors, often via in-home demonstrations. This collection contains product literature, 2 promotional VHS videotape cassettes, product brochures and booklets, corporate publications, and posters pertaining to Kirby products. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 1245 | Title: | Accession 950 | | | | Accession: | 950 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Archives. | | | | Abstract: | UNPROCESSED. Compilations reflecting potential rise in public interest and press comments on automotive safety. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 1249 | Title: | Accession 955 | | | | Accession: | 955 | | | | Creator: | none | | | | Abstract: | none | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 1253 | Title: | James Jordan Humberstone Birth Announcement | | | | Accession: | 96.1.1791 | | | | Creator: | Unknown | | | | Abstract: | James Jordan Humberstone holds the distinction of being the only child every born in Greenfield Village. His middle name was derived from the Sarah Jordan Boarding House, where his family was living at the time due to his father's work at the museum. This collection contains a framed birth announcement from 26 May 1929, along with a photograph of Jordan at around 6 months old and a postcard for the boarding house. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 1259 | Title: | Accession 967 | | | | Accession: | 967 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Selected documents for Ford Motor Company 60th Anniversary celebration. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 1260 | Title: | Accession 968 | | | | Accession: | 968 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Photographs. One box. Album prepared for Henry Ford, "Ford Motorships." Additional 150 photographs of related subjects. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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