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- Martha-Mary Chapel - Churches were a center of community life in the 1700s, a place where townspeople came together to attend services and socialize. The Martha-Mary Chapel, with its architecture inspired by New England's colonial-era churches, was built in Greenfield Village in 1929. This chapel was named after Henry Ford's mother, Mary Litogot Ford, and his mother-in-law, Martha Bench Bryant.
- 1929
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Martha-Mary Chapel
Churches were a center of community life in the 1700s, a place where townspeople came together to attend services and socialize. The Martha-Mary Chapel, with its architecture inspired by New England's colonial-era churches, was built in Greenfield Village in 1929. This chapel was named after Henry Ford's mother, Mary Litogot Ford, and his mother-in-law, Martha Bench Bryant.
- Edsel Ford, Clara Ford and Martha Bryant at the Grand Canyon, 1906 - A 1906 trip took the Ford family, along with Clara Ford's mother, to Southern California where they visited Clara's sister in Altadena. During a stop along the way, a young Edsel got his first view of the Grand Canyon. Edsel visited the canyon at least three more times in his life, returning with family, friends and on his honeymoon.
- 1906
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Edsel Ford, Clara Ford and Martha Bryant at the Grand Canyon, 1906
A 1906 trip took the Ford family, along with Clara Ford's mother, to Southern California where they visited Clara's sister in Altadena. During a stop along the way, a young Edsel got his first view of the Grand Canyon. Edsel visited the canyon at least three more times in his life, returning with family, friends and on his honeymoon.
- Clara Ford, Edsel Ford and Martha Bryant in a Photographer's Studio Portrait Taken at Niagara Falls, 1901 - The popular "instant photographs" of the mid-1800s, tintypes became less popular as improved forms of photography replaced them. But traveling tintypists found work at fairs, resorts, and vacation spots into the 1930s. Henry Ford's wife, Clara, son, Edsel, and mother-in-law, Martha, had this tintype portrait taken while visiting Niagara Falls in 1901. The image was made in a nearby studio in front of a painted backdrop.
- 1901
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Clara Ford, Edsel Ford and Martha Bryant in a Photographer's Studio Portrait Taken at Niagara Falls, 1901
The popular "instant photographs" of the mid-1800s, tintypes became less popular as improved forms of photography replaced them. But traveling tintypists found work at fairs, resorts, and vacation spots into the 1930s. Henry Ford's wife, Clara, son, Edsel, and mother-in-law, Martha, had this tintype portrait taken while visiting Niagara Falls in 1901. The image was made in a nearby studio in front of a painted backdrop.
- Portrait of Martha Bench Bryant (Mother of Clara Bryant Ford), circa 1900 - 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.
- circa 1900
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Portrait of Martha Bench Bryant (Mother of Clara Bryant Ford), circa 1900
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.