Entrance to "The Mangoes," Winter Estate of Henry and Clara Ford, circa 1920
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This is the view to Henry and Clara Ford's vacation home along the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, Florida. Ford purchased the property, which neighbored his friend Thomas Edison's winter retreat, in 1916. The Fords named the estate "The Mangoes" and surrounded their newly built bungalow with tropical landscaping, including the mango and oleander plants seen here.
This is the view to Henry and Clara Ford's vacation home along the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, Florida. Ford purchased the property, which neighbored his friend Thomas Edison's winter retreat, in 1916. The Fords named the estate "The Mangoes" and surrounded their newly built bungalow with tropical landscaping, including the mango and oleander plants seen here.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1920
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.126
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: 5 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
handwritten on left side with pencil: Oleander blossoms handwritten with pencil on top border: Mango trees ink stamp on back: F.W. Hunt. Fotografs, / Ft. Myers, Fla Handwritten in pencil on back: 1017
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