Portrait of Henry Ford and Edsel Ford at Their Home on Bagley Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 1896

Summary

Edsel Bryant Ford, only child of Henry Ford and Clara Bryant Ford, was born November 6, 1893. Here two-year-old Edsel poses for the camera on his father's lap. The photo was taken outside the Bagley Avenue duplex that Henry and Clara rented in Detroit. In the shed behind the house, Henry built his Quadricycle in 1896.

Edsel Bryant Ford, only child of Henry Ford and Clara Bryant Ford, was born November 6, 1893. Here two-year-old Edsel poses for the camera on his father's lap. The photo was taken outside the Bagley Avenue duplex that Henry and Clara rented in Detroit. In the shed behind the house, Henry built his Quadricycle in 1896.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1896

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.O.3027

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: 8.25 in

Width: 10 in

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