Edsel Ford's Speedboat, "Goldfish," circa 1930

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Artifact Overview

Edsel Ford enjoyed boating. He owned an impressive collection of watercraft, from large pleasure yachts to smaller powerboats. Ford competed, as an owner, in the Gold Cup boat races in Detroit in 1922 and 1923. This photograph shows Goldfish, one of Ford's competition boats.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1930

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.949

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 in
Width: 10 in

Edsel Ford's Speedboat, "Goldfish," circa 1930