Clara Ford outside Ford Family Residence on Edison Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1910

Summary

Clara Ford moved into a large new home with her husband, Henry, and son, Edsel, in 1908. The Italian Renaissance Revival house was built on the corner of Edison and Second Avenues in Detroit. The family's new prosperity only grew with the introduction of the Model T. Henry and Clara lived here seven years before building a new home in Dearborn.

Clara Ford moved into a large new home with her husband, Henry, and son, Edsel, in 1908. The Italian Renaissance Revival house was built on the corner of Edison and Second Avenues in Detroit. The family's new prosperity only grew with the introduction of the Model T. Henry and Clara lived here seven years before building a new home in Dearborn.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1910

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.886

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.75 in

Width: 4.75 in

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