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

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
Ford Automobile Dealership in Newark, Ohio, circa 1912