Young Henry: A Budding Inventor

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Portrait of Henry Ford as a Child, 1865-1866

Photographic print

Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, and he was no more than three years old when he posed for his first photographic portrait. His parents, William Ford and Mary Litogot Ford, had lost their first son at birth in January 1862, but Henry arrived safe and sound. He was followed by five siblings: John, Margaret, Jane, William, and Robert.