Proof for Advertising Graphics on La-Z-Boy Trucks and Vans, 1997

THF290312 / Proof for Advertising Graphics on La-Z-Boy Trucks and Vans, 1997
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Artifact Overview

From the company's founding in 1927, La-Z-Boy looked for every opportunity to advertise. Delivery trucks offered the company a way to extend its marketing strategies onto city streets and into neighborhoods. This graphic art designed in the 1990s for a delivery truck suggests how La-Z-Boy products "make the rooms that make a home."

Artifact Details

Artifact

Proof (Printed matter)

Date Made

1997

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2015.78.1.93

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of La-Z-Boy, Incorporated.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Mounting
Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 20 in
Width: 15 in

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