Clara Ford Driving a 1906 Ford Model N on Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, with Myrle Clarkson as Passenger

Summary

In 1906, Clara Ford, wife of Henry Ford, and Myrle Clarkson, a secretary at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, took a Model N out for a spin. The two drove from the plant where the Model N was built around the streets of Detroit. The Model N was the low-priced but smaller predecessor to the Model T.

In 1906, Clara Ford, wife of Henry Ford, and Myrle Clarkson, a secretary at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, took a Model N out for a spin. The two drove from the plant where the Model N was built around the streets of Detroit. The Model N was the low-priced but smaller predecessor to the Model T.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1906

Subject Date

1906

Collection Title

Fair Lane Papers Subgroup 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.1.616

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Photographer stamp on back: MANNING STUDIO / 96 / MIAMI AVE. / DETROIT.

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