View from "The Mangoes" Toward the Ocean, circa 1920
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This is the view from Henry and Clara Ford's vacation home along the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, Florida. Ford purchased the property, which neighbored his friend Thomas Edison's winter retreat, in 1916. The Fords named the estate "The Mangoes" and surrounded their newly built bungalow with tropical landscaping, including citrus trees and the palms and pond seen here.
This is the view from Henry and Clara Ford's vacation home along the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, Florida. Ford purchased the property, which neighbored his friend Thomas Edison's winter retreat, in 1916. The Fords named the estate "The Mangoes" and surrounded their newly built bungalow with tropical landscaping, including citrus trees and the palms and pond seen here.
Artifact
Photographic postcard
Subject Date
circa 1920
Creators
Hunt, F. W. (Frederick W.), 1862-
Place of Creation
United States, Florida, Fort Myers
Creator Notes
Photographed by Hunt, Fort Myers, Florida
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.127
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: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
Inscriptions
Ink stamp on back of image: FOTO BY HUNT / FT. MYERS, FLA Handwritten in pencil on back: 1028
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