Ford Dealers Preview of 1939 Fordor V-8 Sedan
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Dealers line up at Ford Motor Company's new testing grounds at Ford Airport to get a view of the 1939 De Luxe Fordor. Ford's latest sedan is being driven over a rippled concrete road to demonstrate its welded all-steel body and rubber cushions, heavy, reinforced frame, and hydraulic shock absorbers.
Dealers line up at Ford Motor Company's new testing grounds at Ford Airport to get a view of the 1939 De Luxe Fordor. Ford's latest sedan is being driven over a rippled concrete road to demonstrate its welded all-steel body and rubber cushions, heavy, reinforced frame, and hydraulic shock absorbers.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
31 October 1938
Creators
Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Creator Notes
Photographed by Ford Motor Company Photographic Department, Dearborn, Michigan.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.70967.F
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
Printed in image, lower right corner: 70967-F
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