Dearborn Realty and Construction Company Office on Park Street, Dearborn, Michigan, May 1919

Summary

The Dearborn Realty and Construction Company was organized in January 1919 with Ernest Liebold, Henry Ford's executive secretary, as president and Edsel Ford as vice president. The company's first project was the construction and sale of 250 houses for white-collar Ford employees in what became the Ford Homes District in Dearborn, Michigan.

The Dearborn Realty and Construction Company was organized in January 1919 with Ernest Liebold, Henry Ford's executive secretary, as president and Edsel Ford as vice president. The company's first project was the construction and sale of 250 houses for white-collar Ford employees in what became the Ford Homes District in Dearborn, Michigan.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

07 May 1919

Subject Date

07 May 1919

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.189.221

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: 8.125 in

Width: 10 in

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