Shipping Platform at Ford Motor Company Piquette Avenue Plant, circa 1906

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Artifact Overview

Ford Model S runabouts await loading onto boxcars at Ford Motor Company's Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit. The boxcars belong to the Michigan Central Railroad, a subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1906

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.1201.2

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: 3.375 in
Width: 6.75 in

Inscriptions

Hand lettering at lower right edge in image reads: A SECOND SHIPPING PLATFORM
Shipping Platform at Ford Motor Company Piquette Avenue Plant, circa 1906