Ford Model T Cartoon, circa 1915, "Every Dog Has His Day, but the Man Who Owns a Ford is Always Popular"
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Humorous postcards depicting cartoons were popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and focused on the size, price, or idiosyncrasies of Ford cars. Cartoons with humor about Ford and the Model T were most common from 1914 to 1920, when production and sales rose each year.
Humorous postcards depicting cartoons were popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and focused on the size, price, or idiosyncrasies of Ford cars. Cartoons with humor about Ford and the Model T were most common from 1914 to 1920, when production and sales rose each year.
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
circa 1915
Subject Date
circa 1915
Creators
Creator Notes
Art by Cobb & Shinn; produced by Commercial Colortype Co.
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.388.15
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
Inscriptions
On front of postcard: Every dog has his day, / but the man who owns a Ford / is always popular.
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