Peace Ship "Oscar II" at Hoboken, New Jersey, 1915
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Disgusted by the carnage of World War I, Henry Ford launched a well-meaning but naive effort to end it in December 1915. He chartered the vessel Oscar II to carry a party of citizen-mediators to Europe to negotiate for peace. But the delegates feuded among themselves, press support faded, and Ford himself tired of the bickering. The "Peace Ship" expedition failed.
Disgusted by the carnage of World War I, Henry Ford launched a well-meaning but naive effort to end it in December 1915. He chartered the vessel Oscar II to carry a party of citizen-mediators to Europe to negotiate for peace. But the delegates feuded among themselves, press support faded, and Ford himself tired of the bickering. The "Peace Ship" expedition failed.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
December 1915
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.636
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in
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