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- Powerhouse, River, and Dam, 1924 - In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the <em>Saturday Evening Post</em> and <em>Country Gentleman</em> magazines. The effectiveness of the ads was due in large part to the specially commissioned artwork that accompanied the descriptive text. The restricted palette employed in the original art was imposed by the "duotone" process used for color reproduction.
- 1924
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Powerhouse, River, and Dam, 1924
In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman magazines. The effectiveness of the ads was due in large part to the specially commissioned artwork that accompanied the descriptive text. The restricted palette employed in the original art was imposed by the "duotone" process used for color reproduction.
- 1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "Vital Resources that Cannot Fail" - In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the <em>Saturday Evening Post</em> and <em>Country Gentleman</em> magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. This ad is a reminder that Henry Ford pursued many technologies and production methods that we would now recognize as renewable or sustainable.
- 1924
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1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "Vital Resources that Cannot Fail"
In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. This ad is a reminder that Henry Ford pursued many technologies and production methods that we would now recognize as renewable or sustainable.
- 1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "The Nearest Service is Ford Service" - In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the <em>Saturday Evening Post</em> and <em>Country Gentleman</em> magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. This is one of just two ads in the series to prominently feature the company's core product in its artwork.
- November 01, 1924
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1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "The Nearest Service is Ford Service"
In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. This is one of just two ads in the series to prominently feature the company's core product in its artwork.
- 1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "Saving Millions by Robbing Smoke of its Waste" - In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the <em>Saturday Evening Post</em> and <em>Country Gentleman</em> magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. By combining an apocalyptic industrial scene and orderly flowchart this ad suggests the extreme range of activities fundamental to the Rouge plant.
- 1924
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1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "Saving Millions by Robbing Smoke of its Waste"
In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. By combining an apocalyptic industrial scene and orderly flowchart this ad suggests the extreme range of activities fundamental to the Rouge plant.
- Advertisement for the 1925 Ford Model T, "Where the Nearest Neighbor May be Miles Away" - This 1925 Ford Motor Company advertising campaign plays on the Model T's ability to bring people together. Whether carrying worshippers to church, closing the distance between rural neighbors, or widening the world for traditionally home-bound women, the Model T strengthened community ties.
- 1925
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Advertisement for the 1925 Ford Model T, "Where the Nearest Neighbor May be Miles Away"
This 1925 Ford Motor Company advertising campaign plays on the Model T's ability to bring people together. Whether carrying worshippers to church, closing the distance between rural neighbors, or widening the world for traditionally home-bound women, the Model T strengthened community ties.
- Getting Directions at Ford Dealership, 1924 - In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the <em>Saturday Evening Post</em> and <em>Country Gentleman</em> magazines. The effectiveness of the ads was due in large part to the specially commissioned artwork that accompanied the descriptive text. This painting is for one of just two ads in the series where the Model T -- the company's core product -- figures with high prominence.
- 1924
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Getting Directions at Ford Dealership, 1924
In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman magazines. The effectiveness of the ads was due in large part to the specially commissioned artwork that accompanied the descriptive text. This painting is for one of just two ads in the series where the Model T -- the company's core product -- figures with high prominence.
- 1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "Organized Economies" - In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the <em>Saturday Evening Post</em> and <em>Country Gentleman</em> magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. By this, the fourteenth installment of the series, readers would understand the Model T in the context of the enormity and complexity of the Ford operation.
- 1924
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1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "Organized Economies"
In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. By this, the fourteenth installment of the series, readers would understand the Model T in the context of the enormity and complexity of the Ford operation.
- 1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "For the People and Posterity" - In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the <em>Saturday Evening Post</em> and <em>Country Gentleman</em> magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. At the heart of this ad is a notion dear to modern environmentalists -- and long valued by farmers -- a denial of the very idea of "waste."
- 1924
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1924 Ford Motor Company Institutional Message Advertising Campaign, "For the People and Posterity"
In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman magazines. Rather than promoting the Model T specifically, the ads aimed to convey the company's scale and philosophy. At the heart of this ad is a notion dear to modern environmentalists -- and long valued by farmers -- a denial of the very idea of "waste."