Cartoon of Henry Ford, circa 1935

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Artifact Overview

Artist Ed Geissler created this caricature of Henry Ford around 1935. It has the auto magnate flanked by two important locations. At left is the shed on Bagley Avenue in Detroit -- where Ford built his original Quadricycle in 1896. At right is the Rouge factory complex in Dearborn -- the heart of Ford Motor Company's operations in the mid-1930s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1935

Creators

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.823.13.1

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

Cartoon of Henry Ford, circa 1935