Horse-Drawn Vehicles on a Commercial Street in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1875
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In the years before automobiles, America relied on horses and horse-drawn vehicles to move people, freight, money, and information to places railroads and waterways didn't go. In this photograph, taken around 1875, horses pull carriages, buggies, and wagons along a commercial Detroit street.
In the years before automobiles, America relied on horses and horse-drawn vehicles to move people, freight, money, and information to places railroads and waterways didn't go. In this photograph, taken around 1875, horses pull carriages, buggies, and wagons along a commercial Detroit street.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1875
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.9941
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: 7.5 in
Width: 10.25 in
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