Henry Ford Driving the 999 Race Car Against Harkness Race Car at Grosse Pointe Race Track, 1903
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Artifact Overview
Image originally published in the May 1903 issue of Munsey's Magazine captioned, "At full speed a trial brush between Messers [Henry] Ford (car to the left of the picture) and [Harry] Harkness." Less than a month before Ford Motor Company's founding, Henry Ford was still interested in automobile racing and the benefits to be gained in experimenting with parts of chassis, bodies, and engines that could be integrated into his future automobiles. Ford used trial races like this to test his experimental ideas.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1903
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Originally photographed by C.M. Hayes Company, Detroit, and published in Munsey's Magazine, 1903.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.83048
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (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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