Martha Firestone Ford and William Clay Ford with Continental Mark II Automobile, 1955
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William Clay Ford was Henry Ford's grandson and the youngest of Edsel and Eleanor Clay Ford's four children. In 1952, William headed a group that designed an elegant new edition of the classic Lincoln Continental that had been developed under his father Edsel's direction. For this photograph, he and his wife, Martha Firestone Ford, posed with a white Continental Mark II.
William Clay Ford was Henry Ford's grandson and the youngest of Edsel and Eleanor Clay Ford's four children. In 1952, William headed a group that designed an elegant new edition of the classic Lincoln Continental that had been developed under his father Edsel's direction. For this photograph, he and his wife, Martha Firestone Ford, posed with a white Continental Mark II.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1955
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.107399.54.A
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: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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