Henry Ford and Edsel Ford at Ford Industrial Exposition in New York City, 1928

Summary

Henry Ford and Edsel Ford were photographed in a happy moment after the introduction of the all-new Ford Model A in December 1927. Edsel Ford had pushed his reluctant father to replace the aging Model T when sales slumped in the mid-1920s. The Model A was a hit. Ford sold nearly five million of them over the car's four-year production run.

Henry Ford and Edsel Ford were photographed in a happy moment after the introduction of the all-new Ford Model A in December 1927. Edsel Ford had pushed his reluctant father to replace the aging Model T when sales slumped in the mid-1920s. The Model A was a hit. Ford sold nearly five million of them over the car's four-year production run.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

January 1928

Creators

Unknown

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.50977.3

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 in

Width: 10 in

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