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Automobile Passing Horse-Drawn Vehicle, circa 1912

THF200129 / Automobile Passing Horse-Drawn Vehicle, circa 1912
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Artifact Overview

Horse-drawn vehicles commonly shared rural dirt roads with early automobiles in the early 1900s. This driver has pulled his buggy to the roadside and calms his horse as motorists approach in a noisy car.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1912

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.O.6051

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

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