Edsel Ford's Yacht "Greyhound," August 1923
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Edsel Ford enjoyed boating. He owned an impressive collection of watercraft from large pleasure yachts to powerboats. In 1920, Edsel purchased the 58-foot, mahogany-hulled yacht Greyhound. According to a popular boating publication from that time, among the newly acquired pleasure craft's uses was to transport Edsel and his family to and from a new Ford summer retreat in Harbor Beach, Michigan.
Edsel Ford enjoyed boating. He owned an impressive collection of watercraft from large pleasure yachts to powerboats. In 1920, Edsel purchased the 58-foot, mahogany-hulled yacht Greyhound. According to a popular boating publication from that time, among the newly acquired pleasure craft's uses was to transport Edsel and his family to and from a new Ford summer retreat in Harbor Beach, Michigan.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
20 August 1923
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.72470.B
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
On lower right front corner: 72470-B
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