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Portrait of Martha Bench Bryant (Mother of Clara Bryant Ford), circa 1900

THF718109 / Portrait of Martha Bench Bryant (Mother of Clara Bryant Ford), circa 1900
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Artifact Overview

Martha Bench was born on March 16, 1839. She emigrated with her parents from Warwick, England, to the United States as a child. Martha married Michigan farmer Melvin Bryant, and the couple raised ten children. Their oldest daughter Clara, born in 1866, married future automobile magnate Henry Ford in 1888. Martha Bench Bryant passed away on October 13, 1911.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1900

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.1256

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 in