Fearn Ford Sales Limited, St. Thomas - Opened
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives120895
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh1 B1 F19 5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh1 B1 F19 5
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1968
- Publication
- 5a was published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal Bygone Days feature, and on the Archives flickr site, September 22, 2015: https://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/21634107715/in/dateposted-public/.
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Four black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published September 26, 1968 with captions:
- "Cars Galore - Hundreds of new and used cars are available at the new Fearn Ford Sales Limited Auto Centre on Talbot Street at First Avenue. The new premises of Fearn Ford are located on an 80,000 square foot site, of which 20,000 is devoted to building facilities and the remainder to parking and display space for cars and trucks." (5a)
- "Quick Paint Job - The latest in car painting facilities are one of the many features of the new Fearn Ford Sales Limited Auto Centre which officially opens today. These painting facilities enable Fearn Ford's skilled and experienced painters to paint and dry a car in 45 minutes." (5b)
- "20 Bays - The modern, spacious, new facilities at Fearn Ford Sales Limited Auto Centre which will be officially opened today, features 20 bays for mechanical and body work on cars and trucks. The service area of the new building takes up 15,000 square feet of the 20,000 square feet occupied by the entire building." (5c)
- "New Cars - The spacious, completely glassed-in, carpeted showroom at the new Fearn Ford Sales Limited Auto Centre is one of the most modern in Western Ontario. It has a capacity to display eight cars on the floor at one time. The new 1969 models of Ford, Mustang, Fairlane, Falcon, Galaxie, Torino, LTD, Thunderbird and Ford Trucks will be on display at Fearn Ford's official opening today at its new location on Talbot Street at First Avenue." (5d)
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Business and Industry
- Automobiles
Images
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