Ford Motor Company Executive Ernest G. Liebold with Albert Einstein, 1941

Summary

Ernest Liebold served as Henry Ford's executive secretary from about 1913 to 1933. He administered nearly all of Mr. Ford's personal business outside of Ford Motor Company. Liebold handled Mr. Ford's correspondence, paid his bills, and managed many of his special projects. Liebold posed with celebrated physicist Albert Einstein for this photo in 1941.

Ernest Liebold served as Henry Ford's executive secretary from about 1913 to 1933. He administered nearly all of Mr. Ford's personal business outside of Ford Motor Company. Liebold handled Mr. Ford's correspondence, paid his bills, and managed many of his special projects. Liebold posed with celebrated physicist Albert Einstein for this photo in 1941.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1941

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.188.28984

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: 4.25 in

Width: 5 in

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