"Ford Motor Company is: a finishing school" — Framed Vintage Ad Diptych, c. 1965 (11x15, Set of 2)
"Ford Motor Company is: a finishing school" — Framed Vintage Ad Diptych, c. 1965 (11x15, Set of 2)
A matched pair of framed original Ford Motor Company advertisements, c. 1965 — presented as a diptych. The two panels together read: "Ford Motor Company is: a finishing school." Both feature the same scene: a red Ford Galaxie 500 XL convertible surrounded by women in coordinated red dresses and white hats, shot against a wrought iron gate. The second panel carries Ford's acrylic enamel copy: "Our lesson for today is paint. The word to remember is acrylic… Acrylic enamels are 50% harder… Ford-built means better built." Both professionally framed in matching black frames with glass, 11x15 inches each. Ready to hang as a pair.
The Ford Galaxie 500 XL was one of the most stylish full-size American cars of the mid-1960s — a convertible that competed directly with Chevrolet's Impala SS for the aspirational buyer who wanted performance and presence. Ford's 1965 advertising was produced at the height of the American automotive golden age, when Detroit's confidence was absolute and its advertising budgets were enormous. The "finishing school" campaign ran across major national publications and represents Ford at its most playful and self-assured — a company so dominant it could afford to be witty about it. As a diptych, these two panels tell the complete story: the headline and the payoff, side by side.
A Michigan-made car, sold from a Michigan building. Sold as a matched set of 2. One set available.
- Era: c. 1965
- Brand: Ford Motor Company — Dearborn, Michigan
- Vehicle: Ford Galaxie 500 XL convertible
- Campaign: "Ford Motor Company is: a finishing school"
- Frame: Matching black frames with glass, 11x15 inches each
- Condition: Very good — consistent with age
- Original magazine advertisements — not reproductions
- Sold as a matched pair (set of 2) — not sold separately
- One set available
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