Edsel and Eleanor Ford and Their Children--Benson, William, Josephine and Henry II, August 1929

THF116423 / 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

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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