Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with First Ford Model T Car, May 26, 1927
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Edsel and Henry Ford drove the fifteen-millionth Model T out of the Highland Park Plant in 1927, and then posed in front of the first Model T. This marked the symbolic end of the Model T. It had changed the world, but its day was over. Ford Motor Company shifted its focus toward production of the new Model A.
Edsel and Henry Ford drove the fifteen-millionth Model T out of the Highland Park Plant in 1927, and then posed in front of the first Model T. This marked the symbolic end of the Model T. It had changed the world, but its day was over. Ford Motor Company shifted its focus toward production of the new Model A.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1927
Subject Date
26 May 1927
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Automobile industry executives
Engine and Electrical Engineering Building (Dearborn, Mich.)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.189.4341
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: 4.25 in
Width: 6.125 in
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