Ford Advertising Airship with Slogan "There's a Ford in Your Future," 1946-1948
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Artifact Overview
Goodyear Tire & Rubber's promotional airships may have been the most famous, but they weren't the only examples. Ford Motor Company decorated this blimp with its optimistic post-World War II advertising slogan, "There's a Ford in Your Future."
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1946-1948
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.4649
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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"Airship" refers to any lighter-than-air craft that moves under its own power. Lift is achieved using a gas, like hydrogen or helium, that is less dense than surrounding air. Non-rigid airships -- blimps -- use the gas's pressure on the containment envelope to maintain their shape. Rigid airships -- Zeppelins -- support their gas cells with an internal framework. In peace and in war, airships have known triumph and tragedy.