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- Ford Motor Company Employees with Ford Model A Racer, Summer, 1904 - Mechanics pose with one of Ford Motor Company's early race cars in 1904. The low-slung vehicle was powered by a pair of two-cylinder Ford Model A engines mated together -- essentially, a flat-four engine. Driver Frank Kulick built an impressive record with the 20-horsepower car in races throughout the Midwest and Northeast.
- 1904
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Motor Company Employees with Ford Model A Racer, Summer, 1904
Mechanics pose with one of Ford Motor Company's early race cars in 1904. The low-slung vehicle was powered by a pair of two-cylinder Ford Model A engines mated together -- essentially, a flat-four engine. Driver Frank Kulick built an impressive record with the 20-horsepower car in races throughout the Midwest and Northeast.
- Letterhead of the Detroit Automobile Company, 1899-1901 - Henry Ford's first company, the Detroit Automobile Company, was formed in July 1899. Aside from a few photographs, newspaper clippings, and letterhead paper, nothing remains of it. Henry served as Mechanical Superintendent and Clarence A. Black was president. The company's vehicles were of marginal quality, and it built no more than 20 trucks and cars before dissolving in January 1901.
- 1899-1901
- Collections - Artifact
Letterhead of the Detroit Automobile Company, 1899-1901
Henry Ford's first company, the Detroit Automobile Company, was formed in July 1899. Aside from a few photographs, newspaper clippings, and letterhead paper, nothing remains of it. Henry served as Mechanical Superintendent and Clarence A. Black was president. The company's vehicles were of marginal quality, and it built no more than 20 trucks and cars before dissolving in January 1901.