Elizabeth Parke Firestone Feeding Monkeys in a Park, South Africa, 1936
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Elizabeth Parke, the daughter of a prosperous Decatur, Illinois, businessman, was an adventurous young women who had studied in Europe. She married Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., in 1921, and continued to travel frequently for both business and pleasure. Elizabeth enjoyed trekking through jungles and sleeping in grass huts in exotic locales as much as she relished dining in sumptuous hotels with royalty.
Elizabeth Parke, the daughter of a prosperous Decatur, Illinois, businessman, was an adventurous young women who had studied in Europe. She married Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., in 1921, and continued to travel frequently for both business and pleasure. Elizabeth enjoyed trekking through jungles and sleeping in grass huts in exotic locales as much as she relished dining in sumptuous hotels with royalty.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1936
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
89.492.1697.69
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Harvey Firestone, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4.5 in
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