The Fred L. Black collection, 1933-1940.

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The Fred L. Black collection, 1933-1940.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612342610

This collection contains journals, notebooks, photographic albums, over 200 congratulatory letters.

1.5 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7795150

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Black, Fred L., 1891-1971

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Fred L. Black was always interested in aviation and received his pilot's license in 1928 while working for the Ford Motor Company. He had a keen interest in preserving the records of early fliers and approached Edsel Ford about creating a museum in connection with the Edison Institute Museum at Dearborn, Michigan. Ford was very interested in doing so and Fred Black then began acquiring photographs and printed materials about the Wright Brothers and their experiments with flight. He was in contac...