Henry Ford with Co-Worker at Edison Illuminating Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1896

THF95108 / Henry Ford with Co-Worker at Edison Illuminating Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1896
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Artifact Overview

In 1891, Henry Ford left his small lumber business to work as a night engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. By early 1894, he was promoted to chief engineer. The same year he posed for this photograph, Ford completed his first horseless carriage, the Quadricycle, with the help of some of his coworkers.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1896

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.3029

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

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