Sales Brochure, "The 1937 Cord, Quality Automobiles"

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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

1936-1937

Subject Date

1937

Creator Notes

Made for the Auburn Automobile Company, Connorsville, Indiana.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

81.154.14

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Wallace D. Sawhill.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 12.875 in
Width: 9.75 in

Inscriptions

On front cover: THE 1937 CORD Inside front cover: Quality Automobiles
Sales Brochure, "The 1937 Cord, Quality Automobiles"