Horne Motors Inc. Used Car Lot, March 1939

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Artifact Overview

Used cars benefited customers who could buy fancier pre-owned vehicles for the price of new economy models. But they posed problems for manufacturers. Used cars competed for sales, and trade-in credits further cut into profits. The problems were worse during the Great Depression, but those hard economic times had eased by the time this photo was taken.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

31 March 1939

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.71654.A

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