[Page of advertisement for Ford automobiles, showing a 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 convertible and man, woman, and two children on beach] – Historic Print
![[Page of advertisement for Ford automobiles, showing a 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 convertible and man, woman, and two children on beach], 1958 July 22. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f5/f5413d587dad-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic print captures [Page of advertisement for Ford automobiles, showing a 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 convertible and man, woman, and two children on beach] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Page of advertisement for Ford automobiles, showing a 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 convertible and man, woman, and two children on beach]
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A 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 convertible anchors this full-color advertisement, with a man, a woman, and two children gathered on a beach beside the car. The page ran in *Look*, the mass-circulation illustrated weekly, in its July 2, 1958 issue. It shows how automakers sold cars in the late 1950s, as a family vehicle for summer leisure rather than just basic transportation. The halftone reproduction, built from separate color printing plates, gives the scene the soft, saturated tones typical of magazine advertising of the period.
| Created / published | 1958 July 22. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1950-1960.Advertisements 1950-1960.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1950-1960. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Look, 1958 July 2, p. 33. |
| Subjects | Ford Motor Company--Products--1950-1960. Automobiles--1950-1960. Families--1950-1960. Beaches--1950-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,134 × 1,442 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216607 |
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