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Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, November 1944

THF705234 / Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, November 1944
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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford constructed the Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village in 1933. It replicated the shed behind the house where he and Clara lived at 58 Bagley in Detroit, and where Henry built his Quadricycle in 1896. The original shed was gone by the 1930s, but bricks from the Bagley Avenue house reportedly were used in the replica.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

15 November 1944

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.188.72960

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

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    Bagley Avenue Workshop

    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.
Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, November 1944