Henry and Clara Ford's Former Home on Bagley Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, Taken by Henry Ford, 1898
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From late 1893 to mid-1897, Henry and Clara Ford rented the left half of this duplex house at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. It was in the kitchen here that the couple tested Henry's first gasoline-powered engine in December 1893, and it was in the shed behind the house that Henry finished his first automobile, the Quadricycle, in June 1896.
From late 1893 to mid-1897, Henry and Clara Ford rented the left half of this duplex house at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. It was in the kitchen here that the couple tested Henry's first gasoline-powered engine in December 1893, and it was in the shed behind the house that Henry finished his first automobile, the Quadricycle, in June 1896.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1898
Creators
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.1277
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: 4.5 in
Width: 3.75 in
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