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Helen Ruth Johnson (Cincinnati, OH)
Photographed Summer 1948, Bryant, South Dakota

After World War II "we needed a boost to our spirits," remembers Johnson of the 1948 Ford her family purchased—the first, she says, sold out of Oneida, South Dakota. "We were the envy of the town."
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This is so Americana it almost sings. Truly a picture of the "man thing". I just love it.

Posted by marcia broell on March 5,2012 | 09:50 PM

This is definitely a 1949 Ford. (My first car was a '49 Ford). Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this was also the last of the "flat-head" V-8s. I think the '50 was the beginning of the OHV engines for Ford.

Posted by Jim Dudley on March 5,2012 | 11:03 AM

The car can be dated by the hinge on the trunk lid, 1949!

Posted by Larry Schweitzer on January 1,2012 | 10:31 PM

How well I remember watching men and young boys peer into the inner sanctum under a hood, wordless with wonderment! Love this photo.

Posted by Gloria Rife on June 30,2011 | 05:39 PM

It absolutely is a 1949 Ford.

Posted by John Clark on March 21,2011 | 11:17 AM

I believe the 1948 Ford is actually a 1949 Ford. The 1948 marked the end of the older body style.

Posted by Arthur Hass on December 21,2010 | 12:02 PM



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