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Edsel Ford's Yacht "Greyhound," August 1923

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Artifact Overview

Edsel Ford enjoyed boating. He owned an impressive collection of watercraft from large pleasure yachts to powerboats. In 1920, Edsel purchased the 58-foot, mahogany-hulled yacht Greyhound. According to a popular boating publication from that time, among the newly acquired pleasure craft's uses was to transport Edsel and his family to and from a new Ford summer retreat in Harbor Beach, Michigan.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

20 August 1923

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

General Photographs Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.72470.A

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 11 in

Inscriptions

On lower right front corner: 72470-A
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