American Road Marketing and Publicity Photographs Series
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Archival Collection Overview
Historical Note
Archivists at Ford Motor Company Archives received numbers of requests for images relating to the history of the Ford Motor Company and the history of the automobile in general. This sometimes led to the creation of artificial (rather than archival) collections. An example is a set of photographs called American Road that was created primarily as a resource to help staff answer requests for historical photographs that fell under the heading "something about roads." As a compilation, it was inten...
Scope and Content Note
Although entitled American Road, the series is comprised primarily of visual documentation of Ford vehicles in the early 1900s, with additional, although fewer, images into the 1960s. In addition, a number of folders include images of transportation modes before the automobile became prominent. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Topics include early roads, road construction, driving conditions, bridges, various utilizations of the Model T, women drivers, railroads, cityscapes, str...
Collection Details
Object ID
64.167.1859.0
Creators
Inclusive Dates
1903-1964
Size
1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes)
Language
English
Item Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Access Restrictions
The series is open for research. Access to negatives requires permission of curator.
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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Digitized Artifacts From This Collection
Children in Automobiles on a City Street Ready for a Procession, circa 1908
Saginaw County Macadam Road Construction Machinery, and Stone Spreading, 1905-1906
Sightseeing in Open Tourist Carriages, circa 1900
Loaded Wagon on a City Street, circa 1895
Stone Walkway or Plaza, circa 1930
Farmer on a Loaded Wagon outside Barn, circa 1925
Travel in South America: Visiting a Sugar Cane Plant and Driving in the Mountains, South America, circa 1930
Horse Walking Down Slope, South America, circa 1930
