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Horse-Drawn Vehicles on a Commercial Street in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1875

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1875

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

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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