1934 Ford Roadster
date: label: date made
content: 1934
name: label: maker
content: Ford Motor Company
notes: label: Description
content: Streamlined cars of the 1930s appeared to be on the cutting edge of machine age technology and symbols of modernity and speed. Automobile manufacturers discovered that modern styling attracted motorists as much as mechanical performance. In 1933, Ford redesigned its recently introduced V-8 engine car, adding curved fenders and a slanted radiator grille. The rakish, slightly restyled 1934 Ford became the “star” of Ford’s pavilion at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Styling and promotion boosted Ford sales, which had fallen precipitously during the Depression. The donor’s father drove this car in Philadelphia between 1934 and 1944.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Automobiles
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of A. F. Wayne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1972.299295.01
label: catalog number
content: 330736
label: accession number
content: 299295
label: serial number
content: 18765982
objectType: label: Object Name
content: automobile
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 ft x 5 9/16 ft x 14 11/16 ft; 1.524 m x 1.7017 m x 4.4702 m