Former Ford Motor Company Mack Avenue Factory Building, Detroit, Michigan, July 1935
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Ford Motor Company's first home was in this factory building on Detroit's Mack Avenue, from the company's founding in June 1903 until its relocation to Piquette Avenue in late 1904-early 1905. Fire destroyed the building in 1941, a few years after this photograph was taken. The Mack Avenue plant was replicated at a reduced size in Greenfield Village in 1945.
Ford Motor Company's first home was in this factory building on Detroit's Mack Avenue, from the company's founding in June 1903 until its relocation to Piquette Avenue in late 1904-early 1905. Fire destroyed the building in 1941, a few years after this photograph was taken. The Mack Avenue plant was replicated at a reduced size in Greenfield Village in 1945.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
10 July 1935
Subject Date
10 July 1935
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.189.P.11726
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.375 in
Width: 11.125 in
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