Ford Model B and Model K in Testing Lab, Piquette Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan, 1904

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Artifact Overview

Workers pose in the testing lab at Ford Motor Company's second factory on Piquette Avenue in Detroit. Models B (left) and K (right) were large, expensive automobiles. Ford soon abandoned their production, finding success with smaller, more affordable cars.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1904

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.O.1929

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: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in

Ford Model B and Model K in Testing Lab, Piquette Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan, 1904