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Clara Ford with Eleanor and Edsel Ford and Children, 1929

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Artifact Overview

Edsel Ford, 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. Clara Ford (center) joined her son and his wife Eleanor with their four children (left to right) William, Benson, Josephine, and Henry II in this family portrait.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

22 June 1929

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.72454

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

Keywords
Clara Ford with Eleanor and Edsel Ford and Children, 1929