Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and E.G. Kingsford, Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, 1923
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Artifact Overview
Friends Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison posed with E.G. Kingsford, Ford's cousin-in-law, in front of Ford's Dearborn, Michigan, birthplace. Kingsford helped manage Ford's extensive northern Michigan lumbering operations that supplied wood for Model T cars. Wood wastes from these operations were converted into charcoal. The popular Kingsford charcoal brand was named in Kingsford's honor.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1923
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.188.P.5452
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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