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Clara Ford Driving a 1906 Ford Model N on Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, with Myrle Clarkson as Passenger
Manning Studio1906
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
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.
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- Title: Clara Ford Driving a 1906 Ford Model N on Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, with Myrle Clarkson as Passenger
- Creator: Manning Studio
- Date Created: 1906
- Location: United States, Michigan, Detroit
- Subject Keywords: Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950, Clarkson, Myrle, Women automobile drivers, Ford automobile, Automobiles, Dusters (Outdoor overgarments), Cars, Ford Model N automobile, Photographic prints, Photographs
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: P.O.3344
- Image ID: THF115643
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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