1932 Ford School Bus Used in the Fordson School District, Dearborn, Michigan, December 1931
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Ford Motor Company expanded its commercial lines to combat sagging Depression-era sales, offering an array of body types for its truck chassis -- from police patrols and ambulances to garbage trucks and school buses. Here, students of the Fordson School District -- in what is now Dearborn, Michigan -- board a 1932 Ford school bus.
Ford Motor Company expanded its commercial lines to combat sagging Depression-era sales, offering an array of body types for its truck chassis -- from police patrols and ambulances to garbage trucks and school buses. Here, students of the Fordson School District -- in what is now Dearborn, Michigan -- board a 1932 Ford school bus.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
08 December 1931
Subject Date
08 December 1931
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.56694.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.938 in
Width: 11.125 in
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