Ford Motor Company; Aeronautics; Airplant Fire

Description:: Exterior view of fire damage to Ford Motor Company airplane factory. "There was never an official explanation of the fire, but many people connected with the airplane operations at the time felt certain that Henry Ford gave orders to get rid of the plane (but not necessarily the building," from The Aviation Legacy of Henry & Edsel Ford by Timothy J. O'Callaghan.
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Date Issued:: 1926-01-17T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
Collection:: Virtual Motor City
Place:: Fires
Subject Topic:: Airplane Division, Lost architecture, and Airplane factories
Subject Name:: Ford Motor Company
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:vmc77541