2013.041.451
Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of a plaque noting the birthplace of the Ford Motor Company, at Henry Ford's Bagley Avenue home workshop; the plaque reads, "This Tablet Marks the Site of the Birthplace of the Ford Motor Car. Henry Ford began experimenting with the automobile in a small workshop located here, in the early nineties. In 1896, he produced his first car - a two-cylinder machine, mounted on a light chassis geared to rubber-tired bicycle wheels. In the year 1926, the Ford Motor Company produced its fourteen millionth motor. Presented to the city of Detroit in the month of September, 1926."
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