Henry Ford and Co-Workers at the Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit, Michigan, 1892-1893
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Artifact Overview
In 1891, Henry Ford left his small lumber business to work for the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. By early 1894, he would be promoted to chief engineer. In this photograph, Ford stands in the doorway on the right. During his time at the Edison Illuminating Company, Henry Ford - along with some of his coworkers - also built his first horseless carriage, the Quadricycle.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1892-1893
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.925
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 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on verso:
Taken at the State Street entrance to the engine room of the Edison Illuminating Co. of Detroit, Michigan which was located on the S.E. corner of State St. ad Washington Ave. Taken in 1892 or 1893. JWB /.
Identification of numbers on print front:
No.1-Burt Pettit
2-
3-John A. Ash , Chief Engineer. Died about 1928 or 1929
4- Patrick Cunningham
5-Edward Thomas
6-John Dixson
7-Henry Ford
8-Sandy Sharp
9-James Sullivan
10-William Brown
11-August Newman Employed by Alex Y. Malcomson, Coal Dealer
12-Gus Schultz Employed by Alex Y. Malcomson, Coal Dealer
13-
14-Henry Waldo. also a Malcomson Coalman
No 2 and 13 are brothers but names unknown 11-28-32 J.W.B.
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