Charles B. King, Ransom Olds and Henry Ford at the Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan, 1946

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Artifact Overview

Charles B. King, Ransom Olds and Henry Ford posed together during the "Automobile Golden Jubilee" -- Detroit's celebration of the auto's 50th anniversary in the city. King and Ford built and drove the first automobiles in Detroit in 1896. Olds operated Detroit's first major auto company when his Olds Motor Works built cars in the city from 1900-1905.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

31 May 1946

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.82839.1

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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in

Charles B. King, Ransom Olds and Henry Ford at the Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan, 1946