Interior of Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, 1935

Summary

Henry Ford constructed the Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village in 1933. It replicated the shed behind the house where he and Clara lived at 58 Bagley in Detroit, and where Henry built his Quadricycle in 1896. The original shed was gone by the 1930s, but bricks from the Bagley Avenue house reportedly were used in the replica.

Henry Ford constructed the Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village in 1933. It replicated the shed behind the house where he and Clara lived at 58 Bagley in Detroit, and where Henry built his Quadricycle in 1896. The original shed was gone by the 1930s, but bricks from the Bagley Avenue house reportedly were used in the replica.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

25 March 1935

Subject Date

25 March 1935

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.833.67782

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in

Width: 11.25 in

Bagley Avenue Workshop

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