Ford Model T Touring Car at Piquette Avenue Plant, 1908
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This mud-spattered Model T prototype, parked outside Ford Motor Company's Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit, completed a 1,357-mile test drive in September 1908. The drive proved the soundness of Henry Ford's latest design. The new car went on sale October 1.
This mud-spattered Model T prototype, parked outside Ford Motor Company's Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit, completed a 1,357-mile test drive in September 1908. The drive proved the soundness of Henry Ford's latest design. The new car went on sale October 1.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1908
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.27222
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
Printed in image, lower right corner: 27222-7-11-19
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