Ford Model T Touring Car at the Piquette Avenue Plant, 1908

Summary

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

Date Made

11 July 1919

Subject Date

1908

Collection Title

General Photographs Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.27216

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

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