Edsel Ford on the Beach with Henry Ford II and Benson Ford, 1921
THF95355 / Edsel Ford on the Beach with Henry Ford II and Benson Ford, 1921
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Artifact Overview
Edsel Ford posed on the beach with his sons Henry Ford II (left) and Benson Ford. They were at Seal Harbor, Maine, where Edsel and his wife Eleanor Clay Ford later built a summer home that they called Skylands. The family enjoyed their time in Maine away from the work pressures and summer heat of Detroit.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1921
Subject Date
1921
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.187
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: 3.25 in
Width: 4.25 in
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In 1923, Henry Ford ordered two 600-foot-long lake freighters to transport raw materials — iron ore, coal, limestone, and other bulk products — to and from his massive River Rouge manufacturing complex. Ford named the motorships after his grandsons, Henry Ford II and Benson Ford. By the summer of 1924, both freighters were plying the waters of the Great Lakes, becoming workhorses for Ford Motor Company for more than fifty years.