Ford Motor Company Collection, ca. 1903 - ca. 1954. Motion Pictures 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)/ Lord Northcliffe at Ford

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Ford Motor Company Collection, ca. 1903 - ca. 1954. Motion Pictures 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)/ Lord Northcliffe at Ford Motor Company.

1926

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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Commander Richard E. Byrd and Plane. [1926] b. “Miss G. Ivy Sanders, journalist and private secretary to Lord Northcliffe, takes a lesson in tractor driving from Henry Ford.” Woman driving tractor in field, men watching. “Detroit, Michigan, Lord Northcliffe visits Henry Ford. Head of British War Mission is guest of motor manufacturer at his tractor plant. Lord Northcliffe learns to operate the Fordson tractor.” Several men, including Lord Northcliffe driving tractors - men, including Henry Ford and Lord Northcliffe, inspecting tractors. [1917]

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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...