Family Using Rooftop Tent on a Ford Station Wagon, 1956

Summary

Auto camping took many forms, even attaching your tent to the top of your car. This photograph shows a rooftop tent on a 1956 Ford station wagon.

Auto camping took many forms, even attaching your tent to the top of your car. This photograph shows a rooftop tent on a 1956 Ford station wagon.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1956

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.1859.111

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in

Width: 8 in

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