Interior of Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, 1937
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Henry Ford reconstructed the Bagley Avenue Workshop, the shed behind the duplex house at 58 Bagley where he and Clara had lived, in Greenfield Village in 1933. Ford built the 1896 Quadricycle, his first automobile, in the original shed. Photos of the original building and site guided the reconstruction. Bricks from the actual Bagley house reportedly were used in the replica shed.
Henry Ford reconstructed the Bagley Avenue Workshop, the shed behind the duplex house at 58 Bagley where he and Clara had lived, in Greenfield Village in 1933. Ford built the 1896 Quadricycle, his first automobile, in the original shed. Photos of the original building and site guided the reconstruction. Bricks from the actual Bagley house reportedly were used in the replica shed.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
February 1937
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.P.833.67782.A
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Caption on lower front reads: Birthplace of the Ford Car-- In a little brick shed on Bagley Avenue, Detroit, Henry Ford / began his first automobile in 1893. This replica of the shop stands at Greenfield Village, Dearborn.
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