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- Henry Ford, Clara Ford, and Edsel Ford in a Photographer's Studio Portrait Taken at Niagara Falls, circa 1909 - Henry, Clara and Edsel Ford posed for this family portrait around 1909. The image was made in a photographer's studio, with rocks set up in front of a backdrop showing Niagara Falls. Edsel Ford turned 16 years old that November, and his father's company built more than 10,000 of its new Model T cars for the 1909 model year.
- circa 1909
- Collections - Artifact
Henry Ford, Clara Ford, and Edsel Ford in a Photographer's Studio Portrait Taken at Niagara Falls, circa 1909
Henry, Clara and Edsel Ford posed for this family portrait around 1909. The image was made in a photographer's studio, with rocks set up in front of a backdrop showing Niagara Falls. Edsel Ford turned 16 years old that November, and his father's company built more than 10,000 of its new Model T cars for the 1909 model year.
- 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
- Collections - Artifact
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.
- Cover Page of "The Dearborn Independent, Ford Confidence Edition, Industrial Section," 1938 - In 1938, the <em>Dearborn Independent</em> published a special section highlighting Ford Motor Company's successes during the Great Depression. The cover image represented a longtime interest of Henry Ford's: the mutual relationship between industry and agriculture. Henry Ford had owned the <em>Dearborn Independent</em> from 1919 to 1927, and he had used it to publish notoriously anti-Semitic editorials and articles.
- 1938
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Cover Page of "The Dearborn Independent, Ford Confidence Edition, Industrial Section," 1938
In 1938, the Dearborn Independent published a special section highlighting Ford Motor Company's successes during the Great Depression. The cover image represented a longtime interest of Henry Ford's: the mutual relationship between industry and agriculture. Henry Ford had owned the Dearborn Independent from 1919 to 1927, and he had used it to publish notoriously anti-Semitic editorials and articles.