Ford Cars outside the Piquette Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1906

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company outgrew its original Mack Avenue Plant within 18 months. In late 1904-early 1905 the automaker moved to a much larger facility on Piquette Avenue, in Detroit's Milwaukee Junction area. It was here that Henry Ford developed and first manufactured the Model T. That car's runaway success prompted Ford to relocate again, to Highland Park, in 1910.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1906

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.1937

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: 6.75 in
Width: 9.25 in

Ford Cars outside the Piquette Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1906