# Michigan State Fair / Launching the John B. Boardman

Michigan State Fair / Launching the John B. Boardman Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Fair exhibits and activities including tractor - pedestrian traffic automobile - mural in background - ‘Food in Relation to Health’ - ‘Food and the Human Body’ - ‘Selection and Preparation of Food’ - sports trophies and equipment - railroad locomotive by ‘Ford’ - spectators operate controls of locomotive - spectators sitting under tent canopy - band concert. \[1923\] b. Freighter on construction dock - workers around and under her, removing pins holding her to dock - workers with axes cut mooring ropes - 'John B. Boardman' slides into water sideways - shipyard, workers, ship tied up to dock - tug of ‘Toledo Shipbuilding Co.’ comes alongside - tugs take tow lines - close-up of ship’s rudder - views of ships and tugs. \[1924\] https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7419027

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1923
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/fc-fc-263)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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