Lincoln-Guider-Sweetland Ambulance at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 1923
THF108251 / Lincoln-Guider-Sweetland Ambulance at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 1923
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Artifact Overview
Buyers of earlier motorized ambulances could either purchase a complete vehicle or buy a motor and chassis from an automaker and have a separate body made by a specialty builder. This Lincoln ambulance had a body built by Guider-Sweetland of Detroit, Michigan. Ambulances, like limousines and hearses, were referred to as professional cars.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1923
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.11084
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
On front: DESIGNED & BUILT BY THE GUIDER-SWEETLAND CO. DETROIT
Stamped on back: "SMITH BROTHERS, Commercial Photographers, Arcadia Bldg., Woodward & Stimson, DETROIT, MICH."
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