Replica of 58 Bagley Avenue Shop, Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934
THF212799 / Replica of 58 Bagley Avenue Shop, Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934
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Artifact Overview
Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition used the theme of progress to encourage optimism during the Depression. Ford Motor Company's popular exhibition at the fair included the century room, where fairgoers found a nineteenth-century machine shop, a replica of Henry Ford's first workshop, and the Quadricyle -- the original Ford automobile.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1934
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.6650
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
verso:
First Shop Through a Wheel
#151
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ArtifactBagley Avenue Workshop
Henry Ford transformed the storage shed behind his family's rented duplex at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit into a workshop. Here, in 1896, he built his first car -- the "Quadricycle." In 1933, Ford reconstructed the shed in Greenfield Village. The original shed had been torn down, so he reportedly used bricks from a wall of the Bagley Avenue residence instead.