Ford Automobile in Gold Coast, West Africa, and Tambourine Mountain, Australia, 1917

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Artifact Overview

First printed in 1908, Ford Times was published by Ford Motor Company and distributed to readers free of charge. Editors often featured stories about Ford vehicles in use around the world. The February 1917 issue included photos of Fords in West Africa and Australia. The photo caption reveals racist biases and a colonial mindset toward native African inhabitants.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1917

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.1859.P.O.3744

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in