Horse-Drawn Wagon in Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1890

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Artifact Overview

Before cars, America relied on horses and horse-drawn vehicles to move people, freight, money, and information to places railroads and waterways didn't go. This photograph, taken around 1890 in the then-small village of Dearborn, Michigan, shows female passengers in a horse-drawn wagon.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1890

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.B.33929

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in

Horse-Drawn Wagon in Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1890