Ford Motor Company Glass Plate Negatives--Item 1

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company introduced electric headlights to the Model T for 1915. The lights were powered by the engine magneto. Some early 1915 lamps featured brass trim, but Ford soon settled on all-steel headlights painted black. The lamp in this photo was stamped to identify its supplier: Edmunds & Jones Corporation of Detroit.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

19 January 1916

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2012.26.5213

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Robert Gearhart.

Material

Glass (Material)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.00 in
Width: 10.00 in