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Myrle Clarkson Driving a 1906 Ford Model N with Clara Ford as Passenger

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Artifact Overview

In 1906, Clara Ford, wife of Henry Ford, and Myrle Clarkson, a secretary at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, took a Model N out for a spin. The two drove from the plant where the Model N was built around the streets of Detroit. The Model N was the low-priced but smaller predecessor to the Model T.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1906

Creators

Creator Notes

Originally photographed by Manning Studio, Detroit, Michigan.

Collection Title

Fair Lane Papers Subgroup

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.1.614

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.625 in
Width: 9.875 in

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