Edsel and Eleanor Ford and Their Children--Benson, William, Josephine and Henry II, August 1929
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Artifact Overview
Edsel Ford (1893-1943), son of automotive industrialist Henry Ford, moved with his family into a new Albert Kahn-designed home they named Gaukler Point in Grosse Pointe Shores in 1929. This might be where this 1929 photograph was taken of Edsel and his wife Eleanor with their four children (left to right) Benson, William, Josephine, and Henry II.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
22 August 1929
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.5136
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: 4.75 in
Width: 6.75 in
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