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Franklin Roosevelt and Henry Ford Riding in the "Sunshine Special" Presidential Vehicle at Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1942
Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department1942-08
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Ford Motor Company's Willow Run Bomber Plant on September 18, 1942. Roosevelt, accompanied by Henry Ford and Charles Sorenson -- the production manager behind Willow Run's success -- toured the plant's massive interior in an automobile.
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- Title: Franklin Roosevelt and Henry Ford Riding in the "Sunshine Special" Presidential Vehicle at Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1942
- Creator: Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department
- Date: 1942-08
- Location: United States, Michigan, Willow Run
- Subject Keywords: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Ford, Henry, 1863-1947, Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant, Airplanes, Automobiles, Presidential automobiles, United States presidents, World War, 1939-1945, Cars, Photographic prints, Photographs
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: P.833.77104.4
- Image ID: THF97654
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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