Digital Collection
2013.048.517

Print, Photographic

Black and white photograph of a Michigan Historical Commission marker at 58 Bagley Ave.
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."

Date
c. 1926
Collection
Print Size
8" x 10"
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