Don't equate the Henry Ford Museum with the Ford Motor Company.
Although Ford Motor Company does provide funding which I'm sure is
vital to their existence.
The Ford Museum has nothing to do with what Ford manufactures.
IMNSHO,
Bob Hodge
insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx 6/12/2006 4:40 PM >>>
Ford. That's funny. Insult on injury. At least Ford can build a car
I
want, the Mustang. On the other hand, that new Camaro looks pretty
cool.
I've always been too big for a 'vette (6'3", 300lbs won't fit).
----- Original Message -----
From: "steven c" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 2:46 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Fw: GM Ads
Down at the end of this post is an e-mail I personally received from
Ford
concerning the mention of the GM commercials...so SOMEONE wants
them!
...stevenc
http://users.interlinks.net/stevenc/
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This was the response I got,a number of years ago,from Ford,and
Chevy,when I offered them some old Lps from the 50s.1953 radio
commercials,aindustrial musicals,and such.Not copies,but the actual
LPs.
Roger Kulp
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---- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Fine" I ping'd GM's investor
relations and offered to GIVE them a digi-copy for their archives.
They
replied there IS NO ARCHIVES. What could be more valuable to a
company
that makes its bread from advertising a somewhat generic product --
where
the main point of difference is marketing -- than an archive of
marketing
so today's attention-challenged marketers might learn from past
successes
and mistakes? But, alas, very few companies have any corporate
archives.
One big exception is Coca-Cola, BTW, which has a paid corporate
historian.
If GM does have an archive or a historian and the investor
relations
people -- to whom most random e-mails are funneled -- do not know
about
it, then that's totally dysfunctional.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Hoover" <TerryH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 9:42 AM
Subject: GM Ads
Hi Steven, My name is Terry Hoover and I'm the archivist at The
Henry
Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan. A fellow archivist sent me your
post
regarding the GM material. Since we have a large collection of
automotive material we would be interested in providing a good home
for
your commercials. We have some later video GM commercials but nothing
as
early as the ones you have discovered so they would be a nice
addition
for our researchers. Let me know if you haven't placed them yet.
Have a good day.