Portrait of Edsel Ford as a Child, circa 1896
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Edsel Bryant Ford, the only child of Henry Ford and Clara Bryant Ford, was born November 6, 1893. Young Edsel posed for this formal studio portrait about 1896. That was an important year for the family. Edsel's father completed his first automobile, the Quadricycle, in the shed behind the family's home in Detroit that June.
Edsel Bryant Ford, the only child of Henry Ford and Clara Bryant Ford, was born November 6, 1893. Young Edsel posed for this formal studio portrait about 1896. That was an important year for the family. Edsel's father completed his first automobile, the Quadricycle, in the shed behind the family's home in Detroit that June.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1896
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Originally photographed by McMichael Studio, Detroit, Michigan.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.1261
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: 7 in
Width: 5.25 in
Inscriptions
In lower right-hand corner, McMichael 212 WOODWARD AVE DETROIT
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