Advertisement for the New Ford Station Wagon, 1929

THF291418 / Advertisement for the New Ford Station Wagon, 1929
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Artifact Overview

For the 1929 model year, Ford became the first Big Three automaker to offer a factory-built station wagon. Previously, wagon bodies were made by outside builders. Ford used its own maple, birch and basswood sourced from company-owned forests in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The versatile Model A station wagon featured two rows of removable seating in back.

Artifact Details

Artifact

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Date Made

27 March 1929

Subject Date

1929

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.19.53

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 16 in
Width: 12 in

Inscriptions

written on front: OK FL Black 3/27/29
Advertisement for the New Ford Station Wagon, 1929