Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with First Ford Model T, 1927

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Artifact Overview

Edsel and Henry Ford drove the fifteen-millionth Model T out of the Highland Park Plant in 1927, and then posed in front of the first Model T. This marked the symbolic end of the Model T. It had changed the world, but its day was over. Ford Motor Company shifted its focus toward production of the new Model A.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

26 May 1927

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.189.P.4334

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in

Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with First Ford Model T, 1927