Reproduction Sales Catalog for 1905 Ford Model B and Model C

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Artifact Overview

Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Trade catalog

Date Made

1905

Subject Date

1905

Creator Notes

Reproduction catalog reprinted by Polyprints, Inc., San Francisco, California with permission of Ford Motor Company

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.175.36

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Photomechanical processes

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 5.5 in
Length: 0.125 in

Inscriptions

Printed on front cover: The Ford / 1905