John W. Anderson, a Stockholder in Ford Motor Company, September 17, 1908

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Artifact Overview

In 1903, John W. Anderson was an attorney for Alexander Malcomson, Detroit's largest coal dealer and a partner in Henry Ford's budding new car company. Anderson became one of Ford Motor Company's first investors. He was bullish on the company's prospects from the start, confidently writing to his father that, "the demand for automobiles is a perfect craze."

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

17 September 1908

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.1703.A

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: 8.75 in
Width: 5.75 in