Car - Mechanic - A Car is born 1935 Framed Print

Colorized photo from 1935
Original title: Bagley Avenue, Detroit, birthplace of the Ford car
Photographer: Unknown
Location: Ford ave and Bagely ave. Detroit, MI

Henry Ford created his first car in a garage that looked very much like this one. This is actually a recreation of his wife's Clara's shed that was behind her home on 58 Bagley ave. This recreated garage was a mini museum back in 1935 to represent his actually garage from 1896. It's still a mini museum, but not as cool looking as this.

Anyway, back in the 1890's cars were considered toys for rich people, or luxury items. There were no guidelines on how a car should look. Inventors created these cars, and many were not businessmen. Everyone tried all sorts of ideas and came up with all sorts of shapes, and whatever was accepted by the masses became the car we know today.

Henry created this vehicle when he was 32 years old. He called a Quadricycle, it ran on 3 gallons of ethanol, and it took 2 yea...

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