Caricature Drawing of Henry Ford, circa 1935

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Artifact Overview

Artist Ed Geissler created this caricature of Henry Ford around 1935. It has the auto magnate flanked by two important locations. At left is the shed on Bagley Avenue in Detroit -- where Ford built his original Quadricycle in 1896. At right is the Rouge factory complex in Dearborn -- the heart of Ford Motor Company's operations in the mid-1930s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Drawing (Visual work)

Creators

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

35.719.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Ink

Technique

Drawing (Image-making)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 17.688 in
Width: 13.375 in