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

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