William Clay Ford with Continental Division Chief Stylist and Engineer, and Continental Mark II Model, February, 1953

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Artifact Overview

William Clay Ford (1925-2014) was Henry Ford's grandson and the youngest of Edsel and Eleanor Clay Ford's four children. In 1952, William headed a group that designed an elegant new edition of the classic Lincoln Continental that had been developed under his father Edsel's direction. Here, William (right) and two other Continental Division executives inspect one of the proposed design models.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

19 February 1953

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.101365.1

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

William Clay Ford with Continental Division Chief Stylist and Engineer, and Continental Mark II Model, February, 1953