Ford Motor Company Collection, ca. 1903-ca. 1954. Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects, ca. 1903 - ca. 1954. Reo-Gram (Commander Richard E. Byrd and Plane).

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Ford Motor Company Collection, ca. 1903-ca. 1954. Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects, ca. 1903 - ca. 1954. Reo-Gram (Commander Richard E. Byrd and Plane).

1926

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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “North Pole plane flies to museum. The ‘Josephine Ford’ which carried Commander Byrd in memorable flight, lands at Dearborn.” View of plane landing at Ford Airport. “She will be placed in Henry Ford’s Museum of Transportation.” Close-up of plane - ‘Fokker-Josephine Ford, Byrd Expedition’ painted on plane - Byrd, Edsel Ford, and others stand by plane. “Commander Richard E. Byrd, who piloted the ‘Josephine Ford’ across the North Pole and Edsel B. Ford, sponsor of the expedition.” Close-up of’ Ford and Byrd. [1926]

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Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...