Family Picnicking during a Car Trip, St. Petersburg, Florida, circa 1957
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Artifact Overview
Family road trips became easier with better roads and more comfortable cars. This photograph from the about 1957 shows a family picnicking near the beach in St. Petersburg, Florida. Their ca. 1950 Plymouth Suburban is packed for adventure.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1957
Subject Date
circa 1957
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
87.135.1753
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Automobile Club of Michigan.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in pencil on back:
A Traveling family stops to / Picnic on the Sunshine Skyway at / St Petersburg
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