Henry Ford posing in Ford-Lenoir automobile

View of Henry Ford posing in Ford-Lenoir car in front of Ford Motor Co. New York Branch store; group of men stand on sidewalk. Gaston Plaintiff, Ford New York branch manager, wearing straw hat and bow tie, stands to left of steering wheel. Handwritten on front: "Henry Ford. 1904. Per Mr. H.J. Hayes. He built hood for Mr. Ford. Wilson Hayes Mfg. Co. Man with derby just back of car is C.H. Wills. Man with straw hat in front of steering wheel is [undecipherable] plaintiff [undecipherable]. See R629.109 S839p p.67." Label on back: "Henry Ford. 1904 [sic]. Ford-Lenoir car built as exhibit for the defense in the Selden patent case. This car used a Lenoir non-compression internal combustion engine mounted on a regular 1903 chassis. The body is that of the Ford 1903 runabout." Stamped on back: "N. Lazarnick, commercial photographers, 280 Park Avenue, New York Central Building, New York, N.Y. Tel. Vanderbilt 0011-12-13-14-15. Cleveland Branch, 5005 Euclid Avenue" and "Photographic illustration by Nick Lazarnick, 230 Park Ave., N.Y." Handwritten on back: "Ford-Lenoir car built as exhibit for the defense in the Selden patent case. This car used a Lenoir non-compression internal combustion engine mounted on a regular 1903 chassis. The body is that of the Ford 1903 runabout. Mr. Greenleaf's statement."