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

Creator Notes

Originally photographed by Manning Studio, Detroit, Michigan. This copy print by Ford Motor Company Engineering Photographic Department, Dearborn, Michigan.

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