Replica of 1896 Quadricycle in Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford and friends built his first gasoline-powered automobile, the 1896 Quadricycle, in a workshop in the shed behind the house he and his wife Clara rented at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. Ford reconstructed that shed in Greenfield Village in 1933. This photo shows the replica workshop -- complete with replica Quadricycle -- as it appeared in 2007.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
September 2007
Creators
Creator Notes
Photographed by Michelle Andonian.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.171.952
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Digital photography (Digital camera)
Color
Multicolored
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Henry Ford transformed the storage shed behind his family's rented duplex at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit into a workshop. Here, in 1896, he built his first car -- the "Quadricycle." In 1933, Ford reconstructed the shed in Greenfield Village. The original shed had been torn down, so he reportedly used bricks from a wall of the Bagley Avenue residence instead.
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