Henry Ford and Clara Ford at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Massachusetts, circa 1923
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford purchased the Wayside Inn, the setting for the poems in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn, in 1923. Over six years, Ford spent more than $2 million restoring the structure and several adjacent buildings in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Henry and Clara Ford were photographed together at the inn around the time of the purchase.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1923
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.769
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: 3.25 in
Width: 3.5 in
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