Edsel Ford at Yale-Harvard Boat Races, New London, Connecticut, 1939

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Artifact Overview

Edsel Ford had a great love for boating. He owned sailboats, motorboats and yachts, and he even competed in speedboat races. Edsel and Eleanor Ford's estate on Lake St. Clair at Gaukler Pointe, Michigan, included a boathouse for his watercraft. Edsel sometimes commuted by boat from Gaukler Pointe to the Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

23 June 1939

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.82359.A

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.063 in
Width: 8.063 in

Edsel Ford at Yale-Harvard Boat Races, New London, Connecticut, 1939