Object Details
- Ford Motor Company
- Description
- Streamlined cars of the 1930s appeared to be on the cutting edge of machine age technology and symbols of modernity and speed. Automobile manufacturers discovered that modern styling attracted motorists as much as mechanical performance. In 1933, Ford redesigned its recently introduced V-8 engine car, adding curved fenders and a slanted radiator grille. The rakish, slightly restyled 1934 Ford became the “star” of Ford’s pavilion at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Styling and promotion boosted Ford sales, which had fallen precipitously during the Depression. The donor’s father drove this car in Philadelphia between 1934 and 1944.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of A. F. Wayne
- 1934
- ID Number
- 1972.299295.01
- catalog number
- 330736
- accession number
- 299295
- serial number
- 18765982
- Object Name
- automobile
- Measurements
- overall: 5 ft x 5 9/16 ft x 14 11/16 ft; 1.524 m x 1.7017 m x 4.4702 m
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Automobiles
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- Road Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1339070
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-5ada-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
