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A 1930s Ford Roadster, similar to the car Elsie MacGill drove.

Ford Motor Company of Canada LTD1932

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Ottawa, Canada

An advertisement for a 1930s Ford Roadster, similar to the car Elsie MacGill would have driven from Montreal to Ottawa to participate in wind-tunnel tests at the NRC (as remembered by her friend and NRC researcher J.J. Green).

“She wants to get a pilot's license someday and meanwhile takes out this suppressed desire on her car, driving it to and from the plant at a clip that makes Fort William cops shudder.” The Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 May 1941.

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  • Title: A 1930s Ford Roadster, similar to the car Elsie MacGill drove.
  • Creator: Ford Motor Company of Canada LTD
  • Date Created: 1932
  • Type: Ford
  • Rights: Canada Science and Technology Museum
Canada Aviation and Space Museum

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