Edward Kingsford, Henry Ford, Fred Johnson and Alex Boivin with Group of Children in Alberta, Michigan, 1938
Add to SetSummary
Henry Ford (center), Edward Kingsford (left), and Fred Johnson (right) posed with children in the Ford company town of Alberta, Michigan, in 1938. Kingsford and Johnson helped manage Ford's vast forest lands in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and Alberta was home to a sawmill that produced lumber for Ford's automobiles. In 1954, Ford Motor Company donated the sawmill and community buildings to Michigan Technological University.
Henry Ford (center), Edward Kingsford (left), and Fred Johnson (right) posed with children in the Ford company town of Alberta, Michigan, in 1938. Kingsford and Johnson helped manage Ford's vast forest lands in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and Alberta was home to a sawmill that produced lumber for Ford's automobiles. In 1954, Ford Motor Company donated the sawmill and community buildings to Michigan Technological University.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
August 1938
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Alberta
Kingsford, Edward G., 1862-1943
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.212
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: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Text handwritten in ink on lower left front of image: ALBERTA MICHIGAN / AUG.--1938.
Share Anywhere
Use this Artifact Card to share this great find with others. From historic images to vivid descriptions, a record of rich detail is bundled inside a single card.
