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- Portrait of Edsel Ford as a Child, circa 1896 - Edsel Bryant Ford, the only child of Henry Ford and Clara Bryant Ford, was born November 6, 1893. Young Edsel posed for this formal studio portrait about 1896. That was an important year for the family. Edsel's father completed his first automobile, the Quadricycle, in the shed behind the family's home in Detroit that June.
- circa 1896
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Portrait of Edsel Ford as a Child, circa 1896
Edsel Bryant Ford, the only child of Henry Ford and Clara Bryant Ford, was born November 6, 1893. Young Edsel posed for this formal studio portrait about 1896. That was an important year for the family. Edsel's father completed his first automobile, the Quadricycle, in the shed behind the family's home in Detroit that June.
- Portrait of Henry Ford, 1886 - Having worked as a machinist in Detroit as a teenager, and then operated mobile steam traction engines throughout southeast Michigan, Henry Ford took over a 40-acre farm from his father in 1886. Rather than farm the land, though, Ford operated a modest lumber business using the property's trees. All the while, he courted Clara Bryant. The two married in 1888.
- November 20, 1886
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Portrait of Henry Ford, 1886
Having worked as a machinist in Detroit as a teenager, and then operated mobile steam traction engines throughout southeast Michigan, Henry Ford took over a 40-acre farm from his father in 1886. Rather than farm the land, though, Ford operated a modest lumber business using the property's trees. All the while, he courted Clara Bryant. The two married in 1888.
- Portraits of Henry Ford with Edsel Ford, 1902 - Edsel Bryant Ford, only child of Henry Ford and Clara Bryant Ford, was born November 6, 1893. Here eight-year-old Edsel poses with his father in a series of studio portraits. Perhaps not surprisingly, young Edsel was obsessed with automobiles. By age ten he could drive a Model A, the first car built by his father's Ford Motor Company.
- 1902
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Portraits of Henry Ford with Edsel Ford, 1902
Edsel Bryant Ford, only child of Henry Ford and Clara Bryant Ford, was born November 6, 1893. Here eight-year-old Edsel poses with his father in a series of studio portraits. Perhaps not surprisingly, young Edsel was obsessed with automobiles. By age ten he could drive a Model A, the first car built by his father's Ford Motor Company.
- Portrait of Henry Ford, 1886 - Having worked as a machinist in Detroit as a teenager, and then operated mobile steam traction engines throughout southeast Michigan, Henry Ford took over a 40-acre farm from his father in 1886. Rather than farm the land, though, Ford operated a modest lumber business using the property's trees. All the while, he courted Clara Bryant. The two married in 1888.
- November 20, 1886
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Henry Ford, 1886
Having worked as a machinist in Detroit as a teenager, and then operated mobile steam traction engines throughout southeast Michigan, Henry Ford took over a 40-acre farm from his father in 1886. Rather than farm the land, though, Ford operated a modest lumber business using the property's trees. All the while, he courted Clara Bryant. The two married in 1888.
- Portrait of Edsel Ford as a Child, 1901 - Edsel Ford turned eight years old in November 1901. It was a year of ups and downs for his family. Edsel's father, Henry, saw his first car company dissolved in January. But, after his well-publicized victory in an auto race that October, Henry interested enough new investors to form his second firm, the Henry Ford Company, by year's end.
- January 01, 1901
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Edsel Ford as a Child, 1901
Edsel Ford turned eight years old in November 1901. It was a year of ups and downs for his family. Edsel's father, Henry, saw his first car company dissolved in January. But, after his well-publicized victory in an auto race that October, Henry interested enough new investors to form his second firm, the Henry Ford Company, by year's end.
- First Official Ford Motor Company Portrait of Henry Ford, 1904 - Henry Ford sat for the official Ford Motor Company portrait in 1904. The company was his third. Ford had success in building cars, but his first company failed and he was forced out of the second. By the time this portrait was taken, Ford Motor Company had survived its first year and was selling its first cars, the Model A.
- 1904
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First Official Ford Motor Company Portrait of Henry Ford, 1904
Henry Ford sat for the official Ford Motor Company portrait in 1904. The company was his third. Ford had success in building cars, but his first company failed and he was forced out of the second. By the time this portrait was taken, Ford Motor Company had survived its first year and was selling its first cars, the Model A.
- Portrait of Edsel Ford as a Child, circa 1896 - Edsel Bryant Ford, the only child of Henry Ford and Clara Bryant Ford, was born November 6, 1893. Young Edsel posed for this formal studio portrait about 1896. That was an important year for the family. Edsel's father completed his first automobile, the Quadricycle, in the shed behind the family's home in Detroit that June.
- circa 1896
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Edsel Ford as a Child, circa 1896
Edsel Bryant Ford, the only child of Henry Ford and Clara Bryant Ford, was born November 6, 1893. Young Edsel posed for this formal studio portrait about 1896. That was an important year for the family. Edsel's father completed his first automobile, the Quadricycle, in the shed behind the family's home in Detroit that June.
- Portrait of Henry Ford, 1904 - Henry Ford sat for the official Ford Motor Company portrait in 1904. The company was his third. Ford had success in building cars, but his first company failed and he was forced out of the second. By the time this portrait was taken, Ford Motor Company had survived its first year and was selling its first cars, the Model A.
- 1904
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Henry Ford, 1904
Henry Ford sat for the official Ford Motor Company portrait in 1904. The company was his third. Ford had success in building cars, but his first company failed and he was forced out of the second. By the time this portrait was taken, Ford Motor Company had survived its first year and was selling its first cars, the Model A.