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Henry Ford Driving His Quadricycle in Detroit, Michigan, 1896
1896-10
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
This photograph shows Henry Ford, age 33, with his first gasoline-powered vehicle in October of 1896. He built the Quadricycle with help from some friends in a shed behind a house he and his wife, Clara, rented.
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- Title: Henry Ford Driving His Quadricycle in Detroit, Michigan, 1896
- Date: 1896-10
- Location: United States, Michigan, Detroit
- Subject Keywords: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947, Automobiles, Firsts, Inventions, Inventors, Cars, Henry Ford Quadricycle (Automobile), Photographic prints, Photographs
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: 84.1.1660.P.833.89114
- Inventor: Henry Ford
- Invention: Automobile
- Image ID: THF111977
- Field: Transportation
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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