Henry Ford Riding in a 1906 Ford Model N Car outside the Piquette Avenue Plant, circa 1905
THF91626 / Henry Ford Riding in a 1906 Ford Model N Car outside the Piquette Avenue Plant, circa 1905
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Artifact Overview
For Henry Ford, this Model N represented his ideal of "raising the automobile out of the list of luxuries, and bringing it to the point where the average American citizen may own and enjoy his automobile." A forerunner to the Model T, it proved to be a strong seller from 1906 to 1908.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1905
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Originally photographed by Manning Studio, Detroit, Michigan. This copy print by Ford Motor Company Engineering Photographic Department, Dearborn, Michigan.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.188.4772
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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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