Edsel Ford at the Helm, 1922
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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.
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
Photographic print
Date Made
20 June 1922
Subject Date
20 June 1922
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.32964
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Width: 11 in