20-Millionth Ford Automobile Tour with Camera Crew, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1931

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Artifact Overview

The Ford Motor Company produced its 20 millionth automobile -- a black Town Sedan -- in 1931. The car rolled off Ford's Rouge plant assembly line on April 14th, and it then embarked on a nationwide publicity tour. This photograph shows a Ford Motor Company camera crew filming the car's stop in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1931

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2008.99.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Gail Goodspeed Braun

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 6.5 in
Width: 9.5 in

20-Millionth Ford Automobile Tour with Camera Crew, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1931