Ford V-8 Car Leaving Hall-Dodds Co. Service Station, August 1937
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company's 1937 models received a new look courtesy headlights mounted directly into the front fenders. They were also Ford's first cars with all-steel roofs. Overall design was influenced by the successful Lincoln Zephyr, introduced a year earlier. Also new for 1937 was an economical 60-horsepower version of Ford's V-8 engine. The company's 1937 calendar year production totaled 848,608 units.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
19 August 1937
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.68665
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.000 in
Width: 11.000 in
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