Aerial View of Fair Lane Estate, Dearborn, Michigan, 1952

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Artifact Overview

After Henry Ford's death in 1947, Clara Ford continued to live at the couple's Fair Lane estate in Dearborn, Michigan, until her own passing in 1950. Ford Motor Company acquired Fair Lane in 1951 and housed its archives in the mansion. The company gifted Fair Lane and 210 acres of surrounding land to the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 1956.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

13 June 1952

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.99210.5

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: 10 in
Width: 8.125 in

Aerial View of Fair Lane Estate, Dearborn, Michigan, 1952