Martha Firestone Ford and William Clay Ford with Continental Mark II Automobile, 1955

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Artifact Overview

William Clay Ford was Henry Ford's grandson and the youngest of Edsel and Eleanor Clay Ford's four children. In 1952, William headed a group that designed an elegant new edition of the classic Lincoln Continental that had been developed under his father Edsel's direction. For this photograph, he and his wife, Martha Firestone Ford, posed with a white Continental Mark II.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1955

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.107399.54.A

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

Martha Firestone Ford and William Clay Ford with Continental Mark II Automobile, 1955