Lola-Bett Tea Room, Then in the Former 58 Bagley Avenue Residence, Detroit, Michigan, 1929
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From late 1893 to mid-1897, Henry and Clara Ford rented one half of a duplex house at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. Henry built the 1896 Quadricycle, his first automobile, in a shed behind the house. By the time Ford began assembling Greenfield Village in 1929, the shed was gone and the house was converted into a tea room.
From late 1893 to mid-1897, Henry and Clara Ford rented one half of a duplex house at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. Henry built the 1896 Quadricycle, his first automobile, in a shed behind the house. By the time Ford began assembling Greenfield Village in 1929, the shed was gone and the house was converted into a tea room.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1929
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.97
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: 8.00 in
Width: 10.00 in
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