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# See Photos of the Ford Model T During Its Decades of Dominance

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![Young boy with the family Model T, on the farm, 1917.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24caa09023054705/6988516c3c16397558458091/150522-model-t-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

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## Lily Rothman


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May 26, 2015 4:00 PM UTC

For years, Henry and Edsel Ford had been denying that the day was approaching. Asked whether they were working on a new model of car, after nearly two decades of producing the famous Model T, they kept mum. But, as TIME [noted](http://time.com/vault/issue/1927-06-06/page/39/) back then, “in the U. S. motor industry it is considered unpolitic for a manufacturer to say that he will do this or that. When he can produce, he talks.”

That changed in late May of 1927, the day that saw the creation of the last-ever, first-ever mass-market car. Over the nearly two decades since it had first been introduced in 1908, it had evolved somewhat—as can be seen in these photos—but it had never lost its signature look. Even though it took a little longer for the actual last Model T in the world to be produced, as various factories wound down those operations, the official date of production of the last Model T at the landmark Highland Park plant was May 26, 1927, according to Ford.

The end of an era came shortly after the company churned out its 15 millionth car, an event that was, TIME noted, celebrated in the only way that would be appropriate: by driving.

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**_Read more, from 1927, here in the TIME Vault:_** [New Fords](http://time.com/vault/issue/1927-06-06/page/39/)

![A Ford Advertisement for Model T Automobile, circa 1909.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9117fdb9934a789/6988516e428a9e82eeccd621/150522-model-t-ad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A Ford Advertisement for Model T Automobile, circa 1909. Fotosearch—Getty Images

![Ford's Model T](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72985521dd7c0519/6988516a5f570f62fcb1ba39/150522-model-t-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

ca. September 1908 --- The actual car Henry Ford took on his hunting trip late in September, 1908\. It can be said to be the world's first regular factory-produced Model T. Corbis

![Driver behind wheel of a 1912 Ford Model T taxi.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17946ec3ac5b048e/6988516ba988ca0d7f6b2b2d/150522-model-t-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A driver behind the wheel of a 1912 Ford Model T taxi. Mansell—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images


![The mayoress, Mrs Blamires, and other ladies are sitting in a Model T Ford on Alexandra Rose Day, 1914. Their chauffeur is standing in front of the car.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52b8035ee4459a58/6988516ba988ca878d6b2b31/150522-model-t-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Ladies in a Model T Ford in 1914\. Their chauffeur is standing in front of the car. National Motor Museum/Heritage Images—Getty Images

![Young boy with the family Model T, on the farm, 1917.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24caa09023054705/6988516c3c16397558458091/150522-model-t-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Young boy with the family Model T, on the farm, 1917. Kirn Vintage Stock—Corbis

![Model T Ford with Stephenson agricultural conversion, Sussex, 1917.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb166dde3654511eb/6988516d5f570f8469b1ba3d/150522-model-t-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Model T Ford with Stephenson agricultural conversion, Sussex, 1917. Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector—Getty Images


![Model T Ford 1920](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63135e9618b971c7/6988516ca988cad50a6b2b35/150522-model-t-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A Model T motor car, first produced by Ford in 1908. Three Lions—Getty Images

![Two Women and One Man Sitting On Running Board Of Model T Ford Eating Lunch, 1920.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3103f577422fe66/6988516d35ba6fd13ec0d6b6/150522-model-t-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Two women and one man sitting on the running board of a Model T Ford eating lunch, 1920. H. Lefebvre—ClassicStock/Corbis

![A 1921 Ford Model T Tudor Sedan descending a hill, San Francisco, California, 1921.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4259865008a3c1e/6988516d8e06016b58460a3a/150522-model-t-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A 1921 Ford Model T Tudor Sedan descending a hill in San Francisco. Underwood Archives—Getty Images


![American motor vehicle industry pioneer Henry Ford \(1863 - 1947\) standing next to the first and the ten millionth Model-T Ford, 1924.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32c83838f08e638b/6988516e524fc06b79df2c6e/150522-model-t-09.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

American motor vehicle industry pioneer Henry Ford (1863 - 1947) standing next to the first and the ten millionth Model-T Ford, 1924. Keystone Features—Getty Images

![A Ford worker adds the final touches to the fifteenth million Ford car produced, a Model T Ford, in the USA, 1927.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0fce69dc584eacf5/6988516ee20a877142a8b7da/150522-model-t-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A Ford worker adds the final touches to the 15 millionth Ford car produced, a Model T Ford, in 1927. Keystone Features—Getty Images

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