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[Fords on railway] – Vintage Print

[Fords on railway], 1924 Jan. 30. — historic photograph
[Fords on railway], 1924 Jan. 30.. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few pictures in this collection show automobiles arriving by rail, and this glass negative from January 30, 1924, captures Ford vehicles sitting on a railway flatcar or siding. The Detroit Publishing Company, which had a wide commercial trade in scenic and industrial views, catalogued it under its own numbering, and the record notes that it was possibly made for the Ford Motor Company's automobile industry work. By the mid-1920s, Ford was shipping its Model T and Fordson tractors across the country by rail, so the scene reflects how a new consumer product moved from the factory to dealers and farms. The negative is a 5 by 7 inch dry plate, a format photographers relied on for careful detail.

Created / published1924 Jan. 30.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions.
NotesTitle from jacket. Possibly made for Ford Motor Company automobile industry; cf. negatives D420-2851 to D420-2882 and D420-3041 to D420-3084. Ford tractor pulling lumber from farm. Detroit Publishing Co. nos. 37012, K 3083. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 683 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77372

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