Lincoln Motor Car with Guider-Sweetland Ambulance Body, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 1923
THF98304 / Lincoln Motor Car with Guider-Sweetland Ambulance Body, 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
00.1334.233
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
Text in image, front lower right corner:
DESIGNED & BUILT BY / THE GUIDER-SWEET CO. / DETROIT
Ink stamp on back upper left corner:
SMITH BROTHERS. / Commercial Photographers. / Arcadia Bldg. Woodward & Stimson / DETROIT MICH
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