First Prize Float Trophy Presented to Ford Motor Company, 1924
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Automobiles made city streets more dangerous to pedestrians and playing children. In the 1910s and 20s, urban safety committees sponsored "Safety Week" events to promote accident-free streets. These educational campaigns included speeches, slogans, banners and parades. Ford Motor Company won this trophy -- first prize -- for their entry in Detroit's 1924 Safety parade.
Automobiles made city streets more dangerous to pedestrians and playing children. In the 1910s and 20s, urban safety committees sponsored "Safety Week" events to promote accident-free streets. These educational campaigns included speeches, slogans, banners and parades. Ford Motor Company won this trophy -- first prize -- for their entry in Detroit's 1924 Safety parade.
Artifact
Trophy (Object)
Date Made
1924
Subject Date
1924
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2004.0.9.24
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Gold varnish
Dimensions
Height: 19 in
Width: 7.5 in
Inscriptions
engraved on obverse: 1ST PRIZE FOR FLOAT / PRESENTED TO / FORD MOTOR CO. / SAFETY WEEK 1924 / DETROIT on bottom: WALLACE BROS. CO. / WALLINGFORD. CONN / V9336
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