View of Fair Lane Estate from across the Rouge River, circa 1953

THF705313 / View of Fair Lane Estate from across the Rouge River, circa 1953

THF705314 / View of Fair Lane Estate from across the Rouge River, circa 1953 / back

Artifact Overview

This photograph shows the house and carefully camouflaged hydroelectric dam at Fair Lane -- Henry and Clara Ford's rambling Dearborn estate -- after the Fords had died. Ford Motor Company purchased the estate in 1952 and established its corporate archives in the residence.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1953

Creators

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.1184

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	United States, Michigan, Dearborn United States, Michigan, Rouge River (river) Photographic prints Photographs Buildings Dams Dwellings Historic buildings Historic houses Houses Rivers Waterfalls Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.)