1929 Ford Model A Station Wagon, 1928

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Artifact Overview

For the 1929 model year, Ford became the first Big Three automaker to offer a factory-built station wagon. Previously, wagon bodies were made by outside builders. Ford used its own maple, birch and basswood sourced from company-owned forests in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The versatile Model A station wagon featured two rows of removable seating in back.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

11 September 1928

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.189.5911.B

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10.25 in

Inscriptions

On front: 5911-9-11-28 On back: 1929 Ford Model A Station Wagon | Photo By FORD MOTOR CO. CENTRAL STAFF PHOTOGRAPHIC Dearborn, Michigan | 5911-B
1929 Ford Model A Station Wagon, 1928