Ford Tudor V-8 Stopped at a Traffic Signal, Dearborn, Michigan, 1936

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Artifact Overview

By the mid-1930s, the three-color traffic signal had become standard. The signals also operated automatically, freeing traffic officers for other duties. This photograph, taken in 1936, shows an automatic traffic light controlling traffic flow at a commercial intersection.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

24 January 1936

Subject Date

24 January 1936

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.65098

Credit

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

Material

Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 11 in

Ford Tudor V-8 Stopped at a Traffic Signal, Dearborn, Michigan, 1936