Henry Ford Driving 1896 Quadricycle in New York City, 1910
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Henry Ford took the 1896 Quadricycle, his first automobile, to New York City as evidence in his legal appeal against the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. ALAM claimed that its patent required automakers to pay royalties on each gasoline-powered car made, and a lower court agreed. But Ford won his appeal in 1911 and ALAM's royalty system was dismantled.
Henry Ford took the 1896 Quadricycle, his first automobile, to New York City as evidence in his legal appeal against the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. ALAM claimed that its patent required automakers to pay royalties on each gasoline-powered car made, and a lower court agreed. But Ford won his appeal in 1911 and ALAM's royalty system was dismantled.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1910
Creators
Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Originally photographed by Spooner & Wells.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.271
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Retouching
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 10.5 in
Inscriptions
Sticker adhered to lower right corner front reads: 271 / 1896 car, Henry / Ford driving
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