Clara Ford Piloting the "Callie B" in the Rouge River at Fair Lane Estate, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1925

THF136079 / Clara Ford Piloting the "Callie B" in the Rouge River at Fair Lane Estate, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1925

THF136080 / Clara Ford Piloting the "Callie B" in the Rouge River at Fair Lane Estate, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1925 / back

Artifact Overview

Clara Ford pilots her electric boat, Callie B., on the Rouge River in Dearborn, Michigan. Callie was the affectionate nickname given by Henry Ford to his wife. Mrs. Ford kept her mahogany boat in an underground boathouse next to the couple's residence at Fair Lane Estate.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1920-1929

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.4908

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: 4.25 in
Width: 6.188 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Boathouses Motorboats Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) Callie B. (Motorboat)