Henry Ford aboard the Peace Ship "Oscar II," Leaving Hoboken, New Jersey, 1915
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Artifact Overview
Disgusted by the carnage of World War I, Henry Ford launched a well-meaning but naive effort to end it in December 1915. He chartered the ship Oscar II to carry a party of citizen-mediators to Europe to negotiate for peace. But the delegates feuded among themselves, press support faded, and Ford himself tired of the bickering. The "Peace Ship" expedition failed.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
December 1915
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.188.27026
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: 9.5 in
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