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Please note that Greenfield Village will close at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 11, but have extended hours until 9 p.m. on Saturday, September 12 for Old Car Festival.

Ford Model T Touring Car at Piquette Avenue Plant, 1908

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THF114440 / Ford Model T Touring Car at Piquette Avenue Plant, 1908
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Artifact Overview

This mud-spattered Model T prototype, parked outside Ford Motor Company's Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit, completed a 1,357-mile test drive in September 1908. The drive proved the soundness of Henry Ford's latest design. The new car went on sale October 1.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1908

Collection Title

General Photographs Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.27222

Credit

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

Material

Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in

Inscriptions

Printed in image, lower right corner: 27222-7-11-19
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Ford Model T Touring Car at Piquette Avenue Plant, 1908