Clark Gable Stepping into His Lincoln Continental in the MGM Film "The Hucksters," 1947

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Artifact Overview

Actor Clark Gable posed with a Lincoln Continental used in his 1947 film The Hucksters. Automakers were always happy to have one of their cars featured prominently in a hit movie. It was terrific advertising and, before television, the only kind of mass media ad that could show a car in motion.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1947

Subject Date

1947

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.951

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Clark Gable Stepping into His Lincoln Continental in the MGM Film "The Hucksters," 1947