Building Contractor Albert A. Albrecht Seated in 1902 Curved-Dash Oldsmobile, circa 1920

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Artifact Overview

Detroit contractor Albert Albrecht posed in a 1902 Oldsmobile circa 1920. Twenty years after its debut, the Curved Dash Olds was an antique with its tiller steering, chain drive and 4.5-horsepower engine hopelessly out of date. But the affordable Curved Dash had pointed toward a day when automobile ownership would be commonplace -- a day that had arrived by 1920.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1920-1925

Creator Notes

Probably photographed by Ford Motor Company Photographic Department.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1671.P.188.12211

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in

Building Contractor Albert A. Albrecht Seated in 1902 Curved-Dash Oldsmobile, circa 1920