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- Portrait of Edsel Ford as a Child, circa 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.
- circa 1901
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Edsel Ford as a Child, circa 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.
- Boy with a Tricycle, circa 1895 - Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This example depicts a young boy, who posed with a tricycle in Detroit's McMichael Studio around 1895.
- circa 1895
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Boy with a Tricycle, circa 1895
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This example depicts a young boy, who posed with a tricycle in Detroit's McMichael Studio around 1895.
- Framed 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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Framed 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 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 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 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.