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Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Firestone and Children, 1917

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Artifact Overview

This informal family portrait shows Harvey and Idabelle Firestone with three of their children: Russel, Harvey, and Elizabeth. The younger Harvey - seen here in uniform - served as a naval aviator in World War I. Later, he took over operations of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, which had been founded by his father in 1900.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1917

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

83.1.282

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten in pencil on back of image: 65-4724
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