American road marketing and publicity photographs series, ca. 1903-1964 (bulk 1920-1950).

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American road marketing and publicity photographs series, ca. 1903-1964 (bulk 1920-1950).

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Although entitled American Road, the series is comprised primarily of visual documentation of Ford vehicles in the early 1900s, with additional, although fewer, images into the 1960s. In addition, a number of folders include images of transportation modes before the automobile became prominent. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Topics include early roads, road construction, driving conditions, bridges, various utilizations of the Model T, women drivers, railroads, cityscapes, streetscapes, landscapes, and an occasional portrait. Most of the images, but not all, are held in the original format (prints and/or negatives) in various The Henry Ford photograph collections. Researchers should note that some images that were originally part of this series were integrated into the Photographic Prints Vertical File, Accession 1660, under the subject term Automobiles, Contemporary.

1.2 cubic ft.

The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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Ford Motor Company. Archives.

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