Driving Down a Wooden Road, circa 1920

THF200081 / Driving Down a Wooden Road, circa 1920
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Artifact Overview

In 1913, Henry Ford established Ford Motor Company's photographic department. Though few internal records describe company photography, remaining photographs reveal a wide range of departmental activity. Among many other things, Ford photographers documented a variety of road conditions and road building. Here, men drive an early automobile along a road made of wooden planks.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1920

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.1859.26

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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in