Edsel Ford: The Artist in Our Family

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Henry Ford once referred to his son Edsel as the artist in the family. Explore Edsel's sense of art and design through artwork from his youth, and Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury models created under his leadership.

1929 Lincoln Convertible Victoria

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Franklin D. Roosevelt Driving a 1929 Ford Model A Cabriolet

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1930 Ford Advertising Proof, "An Admired Grace of Line and Contour"

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1930 Ford Model A DeLuxe Coupe

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Drawing of a 1930 Ford Model A Standard Coupe

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1930 Ford Model A DeLuxe Phaeton

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Woman and Two Men with a 1930 Ford Model A DeLuxe Roadster

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1930 Ford Model A Touring Car - 4

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1932 Ford V-8 Cabriolet - 7

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1932 Ford V-8 Victoria - 1

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Edsel Ford's 1934 Model 40 Special Speedster Automobile, Photographed at Greenfield Village, September 1934

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Edsel Ford's 1934 Model 40 Special Speedster Automobile, Photographed at Greenfield Village, September 1934 - 1

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Lincoln Zephyr Prototype, Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934

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Drawing, Cutaway View of 1936 Lincoln Zephyr Automobile

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1936 Lincoln Zephyr Sedan - 4

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1936 Lincoln Zephyr Sedan Parked near a Locomotive - 1

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Lincoln Zephyr Special Rear Two-Window Sedan, Lincoln Plant, Detroit, Michigan, 1936

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Line Drawing of Lincoln Zephyr Four-Door Sedan, 1936

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1939 Lincoln Continental Prototype, Designed and Built by E. T. Gregorie for Edsel Ford

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Miniature Clay Model of 1939 Experimental Lincoln Made for Edsel Ford

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1939 Lincoln Zephyr V-12 Catalog

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Drawing of 1939 Lincoln Zephyr Special Convertible Coupe, 1938

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1939 Mercury Fordor Sedan Photographed Outdoors, October 1938

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Edsel Ford and Henry Ford at a Preview of 1939 Mercury Cars, Ford Rotunda, 1938

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1939 Mercury 8 Town Sedan

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Sales Brochure for the 1939 Lincoln Zephyr V-12, "The Modern "12" for the Modern World" - 1

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Rendering, 1939 Lincoln Zephyr Cabriolet

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Scale Drawing for Lincoln Zephyr Coupe, 1939

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Display at Ford 1940 Style Show, Hotel Astor, 1939

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Mercury 8 Cutaway at Ford 1940 Style Show, Hotel Astor, 1939

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Photograph with Edsel Ford's Handwritten Note to Ford Design Chief E.T. Gregorie, 1940

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1940 Lincoln Zephyr Sedan

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1940 Lincoln Zephyr Sedan Advertisement, "It Went West and Prospered"

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1941 Lincoln Continental Convertible, Owned by Edsel B. Ford

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Photograph of an Oil Portrait of Edsel Ford by Diego Rivera, 1932

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Edsel B. Ford Reliability Tour Trophy, 1925-1931 - 1

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Artwork by Edsel Ford, 1898-1903

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Drawing by Edsel Ford, 1904

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Drawing of a Ford Automobile by Edsel Ford, 1904-1906

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Drawing of a Packard Motor Car by Edsel Ford, 1905-1910

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Painting of a Flower by Edsel Ford, 1905-1911

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Drawing of an Automobile by Edsel Ford, 1908

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Drawing by Edsel Ford as a Teenager, circa 1908

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Artwork by Edsel Ford, circa 1909

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Artwork by Edsel Ford, circa 1909 - 1

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Drawing by Edsel Ford as a Teenager, 1909

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Drawing of the Washington Monument by Edsel Ford, 1909

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Drawing of an Automobile Chassis by Edsel Ford, 1910

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Scrapbook by Edsel Ford on Automobile Design, 1911-1925

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