1901 Experimental Ford Runabout in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1935
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Construction of this runabout started under Henry Ford's first car-making enterprise, the Detroit Automobile Company. When that firm failed in 1900 -- some 15 months and 20 vehicles after its founding -- Ford inherited the partially completed car. He finished the runabout and, at least once, drove it from Dearborn to Jasper, Michigan. Clara Ford recorded that the 80-mile return trip took six hours.
Construction of this runabout started under Henry Ford's first car-making enterprise, the Detroit Automobile Company. When that firm failed in 1900 -- some 15 months and 20 vehicles after its founding -- Ford inherited the partially completed car. He finished the runabout and, at least once, drove it from Dearborn to Jasper, Michigan. Clara Ford recorded that the 80-mile return trip took six hours.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
13 February 1935
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.11957
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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