Henry Ford Peace Expedition Ship Leaving Hoboken, New Jersey Dock (bottom), and Approaching Norway (top), 1915-1916
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Artifact Overview
In December 1915, Henry Ford chartered the Oscar II to carry a party of citizen-mediators to Europe to negotiate an end to World War I. Thomas Edison saw Ford off but, perhaps sensing the mission's poor chances, he declined to join him. Bickering between delegates, a shipboard influenza outbreak, and Ford's growing disenchantment all conspired to doom the "Peace Ship" campaign.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1915-1916
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.97357.16
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: 8.25 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in bottom image lower border:
Mrs Ford / Thos. Edison / on the dock at N.Y.
Handwritten in image in top image: approaching / Christianssand (sic)
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