Ford Automobile Dealership in Newark, Ohio, circa 1912
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Artifact Overview
During the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company developed a nationwide network of about 7,000 automobile dealerships. The system organized the distribution of vehicles and accessories to showrooms and facilitated maintenance with parts delivery to adjoining repair shops. The company, dealerships, and customers alike benefitted from this arrangement. This dealer and two mechanics pose in front of a Ford dealership in Newark, Ohio.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1912
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.3466
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: 10.25 in
Inscriptions
On front, typed caption below image: Newark, Ohio.
On back, handwritten at bottom: Early Ford Dealership in Newark, Ohio
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