Ford Model A Body Panels Prepared for Shipment by Railroad Car, April 1931

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company made most of the bodies used on its Model A vehicles, but some were built by outside vendors like Briggs, Budd, and Murray. This photograph shows a four-door sedan Model A body loaded onto a railroad car. The body was then shipped to Ford, where it was mounted onto a chassis.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

20 April 1931

Subject Date

20 April 1931

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.56127.3

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: 7.875 in
Width: 11 in