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OBJECT TYPE: METAL
DATE: 1912–1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0033.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: FORD WINGED PYRAMID
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL WITH ENAMELED PAINT

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 76.3 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Advertising
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THE SIGN USING FORD'S WINGED PYRAMID TRADEMARK WAS USED BY THE CO. & DEALERSHIPS FROM 1912 TO EARLY 1920S
Canada: THIS SIGN WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE WALLS OF AN OLD BUILDING, PROBABLY IN COE HILL ONT., THAT DONOR'S HUSBAND WAS DEMOLISHING. IT DATES FROM THE PERIOD WHEN FORD EXERTED ITS GREATEST INFLUENCE UPON CANADIAN SOCIETY [REF 1 & 2]
Function: USED TO INFORM POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS THAT A PARTICULAR LOCATION PROVIDES SALES AND SERVICE FOR THE FORD MOTOR CO.
Technical: THE WINGED PYRAMID TRADEMARK OF FORD'S WAS A COMBINATION OF 2 OF THE OLDEST EGYPTIAN SYMBOLS: THE PYRAMID SYMBOLIZING STRENGTH & STABILITY; AND THE SCARAB WINGS SYMBOLIZING LIGHTNESS & GRACE. POPULAR LORE HAS IT THAT THE MARK WAS DROPPED AFTER HENRY FORD REALIZED THAT THE SCARAB WAS ALSO CALLED A DUNG BEETLE. [REF 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PAINTED ON EACH SIDE: 'Ford [LOGO]/ SALES AND SERVICE'/ ON BOTTOM EDGE ON BOTH SIDES: 'A.D. 110'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLUE ENAMEL WITH WHITE LINE OUTLINEAND WHITE PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, between 1912–1925, Artifact no. 1999.0033, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0033.001/

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