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Today’s feature image is a Ford press photo taken in a styling showroom located at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. Over sixty scale styling models painted in various colors and combinations are arranged diagonally on the wooden flooring for inspection by L.D Crusoe (with paper and pen in hand) a vice-president at the Ford Division….
The tale of the Edsel, a failure in the marketplace manufactured by the Ford Motor Company between the years of 1958 to ’60 has had extensive coverage in the past and will not be discussed here today. Instead of the story of the new car, we will take a look at photos of an Edsel…
Rice and Holman Ford which is still in business today began operations ninety-four years ago in 1924 offering the Model “T.” The pair of experienced car dealers opened the dealership in Merchantville, New Jersey, located about six miles east of Philadelphia. The Ford agency survived through the depression by selling the Model “A,” “B,” and…
“Mesmerizing Alternating Diagonal Parking” is certainly a mixed metaphor, but it undeniably describes today’s image of a modern space-saving parking facility. Where it was shot is not known, but it was taken by professional photographer Joe Clark HBSS (Hill Billy Snap Shooter) of Detroit, Michigan, whose specialty, as his slogan spells it out was, “Pictures that tell…
Today’s feature image takes us to Peekskill, New York, to City Hall where a representative of Posey Motors Inc., a Ford and Mercury dealer there is having a City official sign off on the results of the 1940 “Mercury Eight” Economy Test Run. This press photo was likely used to promote the run in the area newspapers. The…
Today most new car buyers learn about the automobile they are interested in on the internet and then go and visit a dealer to purchase one. This early-1920s the situation was quite different and this image contains cars, a truck, a tractor and attachments from a Ford agency, all of which were moved to a…
In the mid-thirties, much like automakers have in recent times, the Ford Motor Company tried to capture a larger piece of the pie in the automotive filling station, service, parts, and sales market. The Company and some of its dealers opened small stand alone combination Ford gas station, car sales, and repair facilities, and it also…
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