Gaukler Pointe, Home of Eleanor and Edsel Ford, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, circa 1930
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Edsel and Eleanor Ford moved into their home on Gaukler Pointe, near Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, in 1929. At the Fords' request, architect Albert Kahn designed the home in a style reminiscent of stone houses in the Cotswolds region of England. Noted landscape designer Jens Jensen planned the estate's grounds.
Edsel and Eleanor Ford moved into their home on Gaukler Pointe, near Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, in 1929. At the Fords' request, architect Albert Kahn designed the home in a style reminiscent of stone houses in the Cotswolds region of England. Noted landscape designer Jens Jensen planned the estate's grounds.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1930
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Originally photographed by Thomas Ellison, Detroit, Michigan.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.202
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.875 in
Width: 10.875 in
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