Automobile in American Life Exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1987
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For 50 years, Henry Ford Museum displayed artifacts in tightly packed rows with little supporting context. That changed in the 1980s with a new focus on social history. No exhibit signaled this shift like The Automobile in American Life, opened in 1987. Cars were shown alongside related objects like highway travel guides, fast food menus, and roadside signs.
For 50 years, Henry Ford Museum displayed artifacts in tightly packed rows with little supporting context. That changed in the 1980s with a new focus on social history. No exhibit signaled this shift like The Automobile in American Life, opened in 1987. Cars were shown alongside related objects like highway travel guides, fast food menus, and roadside signs.
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Date Made
circa 1987
Subject Date
circa 1987
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.3302
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Photographic materials
Technique
Chromogenic processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
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