Ford Institutional Advertising on Military Vehicle Production, "Ford Announces New Models for 1943"
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The American automobile industry essentially shut down for the duration of World War II -- shut down its civilian production, that is. American automakers turned their plants and workforces to the manufacture of war materiel. This 1943 advertisement features just some of the military items built by Ford Motor Company including tanks, jeeps, airplane engines, gliders, and B-24 bomber planes.
The American automobile industry essentially shut down for the duration of World War II -- shut down its civilian production, that is. American automakers turned their plants and workforces to the manufacture of war materiel. This 1943 advertisement features just some of the military items built by Ford Motor Company including tanks, jeeps, airplane engines, gliders, and B-24 bomber planes.
Artifact
Advertisement
Subject Date
1943
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.19.607
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 17.25 in
Width: 10 in
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