Portrait of Edward G. Kingsford, circa 1920
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E.G. Kingsford, a cousin-in-law to Henry Ford, located and purchased some 313,000 acres of forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for Ford Motor Company. Ford built a sawmill on site and the finished lumber went to Detroit for use in Model Ts. Ford produced charcoal from the sawmill's waste. Kingsford, Michigan, and the Kingsford charcoal brand were named in Kingsford's honor.
E.G. Kingsford, a cousin-in-law to Henry Ford, located and purchased some 313,000 acres of forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for Ford Motor Company. Ford built a sawmill on site and the finished lumber went to Detroit for use in Model Ts. Ford produced charcoal from the sawmill's waste. Kingsford, Michigan, and the Kingsford charcoal brand were named in Kingsford's honor.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1920
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.5432
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: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in
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