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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Trevan - Australia on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 05:49 am:

FORD stand at 1912 U.K. motor showenglish motor show


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Halpin on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 03:15 pm:

Is that T in the foreground really for sale for 135 Pounds???


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Terry Woods, Katy, Texas on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 10:49 pm:

The Ford in block letters, looks like something from the fifties.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By roy palmer on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 11:11 pm:

How do you know this photo was taken in 1912?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Trevan - Australia on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 11:33 pm:

O.K. 1950's---- But still say it's 1912


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 11:34 pm:

Dennis, back then the pound sterling was about $5, IIRC.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Page on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 03:21 am:

The picture that Bob has posted can also be found on page 61 in the book " THE ENGLISH MODEL T " The book was very well researched and I would think that the caption on the photo is correct. I quote ( Fig.3.28 Ford stand at the 1912 Olympia Motor Show. Pride of place was given to the new 1913 English Runabout.) End of quote.
Best regards, John Page


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By JAMES STARKEY Naperville, IL on Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 12:40 am:

Terry,
That sign would look right at home in the 1950's however....I studied topography in great detail in my graphic arts days and such san serif fonts go back as far as the 19th century. They were used most commonly for signage (very popular in the early 20th cent.) because it had a futuristic 'modern look'.

Franklin Gothic for example, is a similar typeface first designed by Morris Fuller Benton (1872–1948) in 1902, and first produced by American Type Founders in 1903.




Also,if you look to the background much of the signage for other European makes are also using various san serif fonts.

Sorry, I don't get to lecture on typeface much these days. Jimmy


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Manuel Voyages, ACT Australia on Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 03:26 am:

I agree with you James. Fonts are a thing of the past.
Gone are the hand set, Linotype and Intertype fonts as well as Ludlow etc.
Now you just click with your mouse and things change instantly.
Cheers
Manuel in Oz


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