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

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

Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and E.G. Kingsford, Ford Homestead, Dearborn, Michigan, 1923