Clara and Henry Ford's House on Edison Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1910
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Before Henry and Clara Ford moved west of the city to their rambling Fair Lane estate, they lived on Detroit's Edison Avenue in the elegant Italian Renaissance Revival style home pictured here. Later known as the Boston-Edison Historic District, the neighborhood was home to many prominent Detroiters. The Fords occupied this house with their son Edsel from 1908 until 1914.
Before Henry and Clara Ford moved west of the city to their rambling Fair Lane estate, they lived on Detroit's Edison Avenue in the elegant Italian Renaissance Revival style home pictured here. Later known as the Boston-Edison Historic District, the neighborhood was home to many prominent Detroiters. The Fords occupied this house with their son Edsel from 1908 until 1914.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1910
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.1330
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: 5.75 in
Width: 7.75 in
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