Model with 1979 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon

THF294571 / Model with 1979 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon
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Artifact Overview

The Country Squire was Ford Motor Company's top-of-the-line station wagon throughout its production run from 1950 to 1991. Ford downsized its full-size cars -- including the Country Squire -- for the 1979 model year. The 1979 wagon was 11 inches shorter and some 1,000 pounds lighter than the previous year's model.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1979

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

88.400.23

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Resin-coated paper

Technique

Chromogenic processes

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in

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