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Sea jeeps. This amphibian car hits the water with a splash during a try-out at the Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant. All of the cars are water-tested in this slip before they are turned over to the government for use on various war fronts
Sea jeeps. This amphibian car hits the water with a splash during a try-out at the Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant. All of the cars are water-tested in this slip before they are turned over to the government for use on various war fronts
Sea jeeps. This picture shows the Ford amphibian reconnaissance car in test at the Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant and in the Huron River. The photo shows tests of the land-water cars in the Rouge River slip
Sea jeeps. This picture shows the Ford amphibian reconnaissance car in test at the Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant and in the Huron River. The photo shows tests of the land-water cars in the Rouge River slip
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Sea jeeps. The Ford-built amphibian car can handle itself on rough ground. This picture shows a test driver putting one of them through its paces
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.
Image source: Ford photo from OWI.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 1675.
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Date
01/01/1940
Location
michigan
Source
Library of Congress
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