Josephine Ford in Child-Sized Car, Henry Ford II in MG Midget, and Benson Ford in Full-Sized Lincoln, circa 1930

Summary

Edsel and Eleanor Ford's children drove cars around the grounds of their parents' home at Gaukler Pointe, and around their grandparents' Fair Lane estate in Dearborn. This photograph, taken about 1930, shows Benson Ford in a Lincoln, Henry Ford II in an MG, and Josephine Ford in a child-sized -- but fully operational -- car.

Edsel and Eleanor Ford's children drove cars around the grounds of their parents' home at Gaukler Pointe, and around their grandparents' Fair Lane estate in Dearborn. This photograph, taken about 1930, shows Benson Ford in a Lincoln, Henry Ford II in an MG, and Josephine Ford in a child-sized -- but fully operational -- car.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1930

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.9295

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: 4 in

Width: 5 in

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