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- Promotional Giveaway, "Automobile Record Book," 1939 - Gas station operators and mechanics advertised their services with promotional giveaways aimed at motorists. Expense books allowed a driver to detail a car's operating costs, while record books provided a place to document both routine maintenance and unexpected repairs. Savings account books could be used to track money stashed in the bank -- perhaps when saving for a new car.
- 1939
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Promotional Giveaway, "Automobile Record Book," 1939
Gas station operators and mechanics advertised their services with promotional giveaways aimed at motorists. Expense books allowed a driver to detail a car's operating costs, while record books provided a place to document both routine maintenance and unexpected repairs. Savings account books could be used to track money stashed in the bank -- perhaps when saving for a new car.
- Bound Volume, "Ford News," January-December 1937 - Ford Motor Company published <em>Ford News</em> from 1920 to 1942. The magazine kept employees and dealers informed on the automaker's products and activities. Each issue contained general-interest stories as well. Editors described the publication as "holding at heart the interests of the Company and employee, a digest of events in the Ford world."
- 1937
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Bound Volume, "Ford News," January-December 1937
Ford Motor Company published Ford News from 1920 to 1942. The magazine kept employees and dealers informed on the automaker's products and activities. Each issue contained general-interest stories as well. Editors described the publication as "holding at heart the interests of the Company and employee, a digest of events in the Ford world."
- Bound Volume, "Ford News," January-December 1939 - Ford Motor Company published <em>Ford News</em> from 1920 to 1942. The magazine kept employees and dealers informed on the automaker's products and activities. Each issue contained general-interest stories as well. Editors described the publication as "holding at heart the interests of the Company and employee, a digest of events in the Ford world."
- 1939
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Bound Volume, "Ford News," January-December 1939
Ford Motor Company published Ford News from 1920 to 1942. The magazine kept employees and dealers informed on the automaker's products and activities. Each issue contained general-interest stories as well. Editors described the publication as "holding at heart the interests of the Company and employee, a digest of events in the Ford world."
- Gene's Complete Automotive Service Promotional Giveaway, "Automobile Expense Book with Slide Chart," 1945-1960 - Gas station operators and mechanics advertised their services with promotional giveaways aimed at motorists. Expense books allowed a driver to detail a car's operating costs, while record books provided a place to document both routine maintenance and unexpected repairs. Savings account books could be used to track money stashed in the bank -- perhaps when saving for a new car.
- 1945-1960
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Gene's Complete Automotive Service Promotional Giveaway, "Automobile Expense Book with Slide Chart," 1945-1960
Gas station operators and mechanics advertised their services with promotional giveaways aimed at motorists. Expense books allowed a driver to detail a car's operating costs, while record books provided a place to document both routine maintenance and unexpected repairs. Savings account books could be used to track money stashed in the bank -- perhaps when saving for a new car.
- Magazine (Periodical), "Fordowner," Bound Volume for April 1914 to March 1915 - Who needs a tent? In 1914, <em>The Fordowner</em> demonstrated how a Model T could become a bunk bed.
- April 1914-March 1915
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Magazine (Periodical), "Fordowner," Bound Volume for April 1914 to March 1915
Who needs a tent? In 1914, The Fordowner demonstrated how a Model T could become a bunk bed.
- Anderson Carriage Company Letter to Customer Henry Ford about His Detroit Electric Car, 1910 - Anderson Carriage Company sent this letter to Henry Ford summarizing the operating costs of his Detroit Electric for the year 1909. Henry Ford purchased three Detroit Electrics, the first in 1908.
- January 21, 1910
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Anderson Carriage Company Letter to Customer Henry Ford about His Detroit Electric Car, 1910
Anderson Carriage Company sent this letter to Henry Ford summarizing the operating costs of his Detroit Electric for the year 1909. Henry Ford purchased three Detroit Electrics, the first in 1908.
- "Ford News," January-December 1936 - Ford Motor Company published <em>Ford News</em> from 1920 to 1942. The magazine kept employees and dealers informed on the automaker's products and activities. Each issue contained general-interest stories as well. Editors described the publication as "holding at heart the interests of the Company and employee, a digest of events in the Ford world."
- 1936
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"Ford News," January-December 1936
Ford Motor Company published Ford News from 1920 to 1942. The magazine kept employees and dealers informed on the automaker's products and activities. Each issue contained general-interest stories as well. Editors described the publication as "holding at heart the interests of the Company and employee, a digest of events in the Ford world."
- Bound Volume, "Ford News," January-December 1938 - Ford Motor Company published <em>Ford News</em> from 1920 to 1942. The magazine kept employees and dealers informed on the automaker's products and activities. Each issue contained general-interest stories as well. Editors described the publication as "holding at heart the interests of the Company and employee, a digest of events in the Ford world."
- 1938
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Bound Volume, "Ford News," January-December 1938
Ford Motor Company published Ford News from 1920 to 1942. The magazine kept employees and dealers informed on the automaker's products and activities. Each issue contained general-interest stories as well. Editors described the publication as "holding at heart the interests of the Company and employee, a digest of events in the Ford world."
- Advertisement for the 1925 Ford Model T, "Within the Means of Millions" - This advertisement, showing factory workers going home from work in their Ford Model T automobiles, illustrates the democratizing effect this low-priced car had on American society. By pricing the car well under $1000 in 1908, then regularly lowering the price -- to a surprising $290 by 1925 -- Henry Ford had brought the automobile within the reach of ordinary Americans.
- 1925
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Advertisement for the 1925 Ford Model T, "Within the Means of Millions"
This advertisement, showing factory workers going home from work in their Ford Model T automobiles, illustrates the democratizing effect this low-priced car had on American society. By pricing the car well under $1000 in 1908, then regularly lowering the price -- to a surprising $290 by 1925 -- Henry Ford had brought the automobile within the reach of ordinary Americans.
- Ford Advertisement, "Discover Why Over 300,000 Families Have Moved In...to the 2-Ford Class," May 1957 - Ford's automobile lineup for 1957 included five vehicle series. The value-conscious Custom and Custom 300 lines rode on a 116-inch wheelbase, while the upmarket Fairlane and Fairlane 500 models used a 118-inch platform. Station wagons for 1957 were built on the shorter 116-inch wheelbase. Above and beyond these five series was Thunderbird, Ford's two-seat personal luxury car.
- May 01, 1957
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Ford Advertisement, "Discover Why Over 300,000 Families Have Moved In...to the 2-Ford Class," May 1957
Ford's automobile lineup for 1957 included five vehicle series. The value-conscious Custom and Custom 300 lines rode on a 116-inch wheelbase, while the upmarket Fairlane and Fairlane 500 models used a 118-inch platform. Station wagons for 1957 were built on the shorter 116-inch wheelbase. Above and beyond these five series was Thunderbird, Ford's two-seat personal luxury car.