Clara Ford Driving a 1906 Ford Model N on Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, with Myrle Clarkson as Passenger
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In 1906 Clara Ford, wife of Henry Ford, and Myrle Clarkson, a secretary at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, took a Model N out for a spin. The two drove from the plant where the Model N was built around the streets of Detroit. The Model N was the low-priced but smaller predecessor to the Model T.
In 1906 Clara Ford, wife of Henry Ford, and Myrle Clarkson, a secretary at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, took a Model N out for a spin. The two drove from the plant where the Model N was built around the streets of Detroit. The Model N was the low-priced but smaller predecessor to the Model T.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1906
Subject Date
1906
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.1.616
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Photographer stamp on back: MANNING STUDIO / 96 / MIAMI AVE. / DETROIT.
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