Edsel Ford at Yale-Harvard Boat Races, New London, Connecticut, 1939
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Edsel Ford had a great love for boating. He owned sailboats, motorboats and yachts, and he even competed in speedboat races. Edsel and Eleanor Ford's estate on Lake St. Clair at Gaukler Pointe, Michigan, included a boathouse for his watercraft. Edsel sometimes commuted by boat from Gaukler Pointe to the Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn.
Edsel Ford had a great love for boating. He owned sailboats, motorboats and yachts, and he even competed in speedboat races. Edsel and Eleanor Ford's estate on Lake St. Clair at Gaukler Pointe, Michigan, included a boathouse for his watercraft. Edsel sometimes commuted by boat from Gaukler Pointe to the Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
23 June 1939
Creators
Unknown
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.82359.A
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.063 in
Width: 8.063 in
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