Brooks, Harry; Flier

Description:

Portrait of Harry Brooks, who was Henry Ford's pilot. "The Flivver was a midget plane in which Henry Ford took a personal interest. The plane was designed and built as a project of Henry Ford and his chief test pilot, Harry Brooks ... As soon as this first plane was operational in July, 1926, Harry Brooks used it as a personal plane to commute daily from his home north of Detroit to the Ford Airport in Dearborn ... Brooks's good fortune however did not last. A few days later he crashed into the ocean off Melbourne, Florida and was lost," from "Beyond the Model T: the other ventures of Henry Ford," by Ford Richardson Bryan.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1927-12-19T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Subject Topic:

Air pilots and Portraits

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc77317