Eleanor Clay Vacationing in Maine with Her Family, circa 1905
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Mount Desert Island, Maine, was the scenic playground for some of America's wealthiest families at the turn of the 20th century. Detroit department store magnate J.L. Hudson took his extended family there, including his niece Eleanor Lowithian Clay, on several summer vacations. Later, Eleanor married Edsel Ford and the couple built a summer home on the island.
Mount Desert Island, Maine, was the scenic playground for some of America's wealthiest families at the turn of the 20th century. Detroit department store magnate J.L. Hudson took his extended family there, including his niece Eleanor Lowithian Clay, on several summer vacations. Later, Eleanor married Edsel Ford and the couple built a summer home on the island.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1905
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.561
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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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