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- Ford Model T Race Cars during the New York to Seattle Transcontinental Race, June 1909 - These Ford Model Ts are headed from New York to Seattle in America's first transcontinental race. Six cars battled over 4,106 miles of bad roads, trails, and wilderness. The Model Ts took first and third (though one was later disqualified for an illegal mid-race axle change), illustrating their hardy ability to surmount deep ruts, big rocks, and muddy terrain.
- June 01, 1909
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Ford Model T Race Cars during the New York to Seattle Transcontinental Race, June 1909
These Ford Model Ts are headed from New York to Seattle in America's first transcontinental race. Six cars battled over 4,106 miles of bad roads, trails, and wilderness. The Model Ts took first and third (though one was later disqualified for an illegal mid-race axle change), illustrating their hardy ability to surmount deep ruts, big rocks, and muddy terrain.
- Henry Ford with Ford Model T Race Car at the Finish of the Transcontinental Race, June 1909 - On June 1, 1909, six cars left New York for Seattle in the first American transcontinental race. The winning Model T Number 2 covered 4,106 miles, reaching Seattle in 22 days and 55 minutes. Though the car was later disqualified for an illegal mid-race axle change, Henry Ford (front, in striped overcoat) gained powerful advertising for his Model T.
- June 01, 1909
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Henry Ford with Ford Model T Race Car at the Finish of the Transcontinental Race, June 1909
On June 1, 1909, six cars left New York for Seattle in the first American transcontinental race. The winning Model T Number 2 covered 4,106 miles, reaching Seattle in 22 days and 55 minutes. Though the car was later disqualified for an illegal mid-race axle change, Henry Ford (front, in striped overcoat) gained powerful advertising for his Model T.
- Henry Ford with Ford Model T Car at the Finish of the New York to Seattle Transcontinental Race, June 23, 1909 - On June 1, 1909, six cars left New York for Seattle in the first American transcontinental race. The winning Model T Number 2 covered 4,106 miles, reaching Seattle in 22 days and 55 minutes. The car was later disqualified because of an illegal mid-race axle change, but Henry Ford (far right) still gained powerful advertising for his Model T.
- June 23, 1909
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Henry Ford with Ford Model T Car at the Finish of the New York to Seattle Transcontinental Race, June 23, 1909
On June 1, 1909, six cars left New York for Seattle in the first American transcontinental race. The winning Model T Number 2 covered 4,106 miles, reaching Seattle in 22 days and 55 minutes. The car was later disqualified because of an illegal mid-race axle change, but Henry Ford (far right) still gained powerful advertising for his Model T.
- Ford Cars outside the Piquette Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1906 - Ford Motor Company outgrew its original Mack Avenue Plant within 18 months. In late 1904-early 1905 the automaker moved to a much larger facility on Piquette Avenue, in Detroit's Milwaukee Junction area. It was here that Henry Ford developed and first manufactured the Model T. That car's runaway success prompted Ford to relocate again, to Highland Park, in 1910.
- circa 1906
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Ford Cars outside the Piquette Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1906
Ford Motor Company outgrew its original Mack Avenue Plant within 18 months. In late 1904-early 1905 the automaker moved to a much larger facility on Piquette Avenue, in Detroit's Milwaukee Junction area. It was here that Henry Ford developed and first manufactured the Model T. That car's runaway success prompted Ford to relocate again, to Highland Park, in 1910.
- Ford Experimental Tractor Pulling a Reaping Machine, circa 1907 -
- circa 1907
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Ford Experimental Tractor Pulling a Reaping Machine, circa 1907