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Transportation Exhibit at Henry Ford Museum, 1979

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Artifact Overview

For decades, automobiles in Henry Ford Museum were displayed in tightly packed rows with few labels and little context. That changed in the late 1970s. Uniform labels, color-coded signs and carpets, and more thoughtful displays characterized the transportation exhibit after staff reorganized the museum's Great Hall.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1979

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2006.0.1.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Resin-coated paper

Technique

Chromogenic processes

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Transportation Exhibit at Henry Ford Museum, 1979