Portrait of Henry Ford, 1886
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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.
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.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
20 November 1886
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.892
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: 6.25 in
Width: 4.25 in
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