Henry Ford's Home, Fair Lane, Reflected in the Rouge River, circa 1920
THF94866 / Henry Ford's Home, Fair Lane, Reflected in the Rouge River, circa 1920
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Artifact Overview
In the early 1910s, Henry and Clara Ford selected 1,300 acres of farmland in Dearborn, Michigan, as the site for a new home. They would call the estate Fair Lane. In 1916 the couple moved into the newly constructed, 56-room mansion. Henry and Clara would find their new home a peaceful respite -- surrounded by woods, meadows, gardens, and the nature they loved.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1920
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.130
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
Inscriptions
Red grease pencil writing on right side front edge of print reads: "UNBLEMISHED FILE COPY."
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SetFair Lane: The Fords' Private Railroad Car
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By 1920, Henry and Clara Ford found it difficult to travel by railroad. Henry Ford was widely recognized -- pestered by the public and hounded by reporters. The Fords purchased a private railroad car they called Fair Lane, so they could travel conveniently and quietly across the extensive American railroad network. The Fords made more than 400 trips with Fair Lane from 1921 to 1942.