Portrait of Alexander Y. Malcomson, 1908
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Alexander Y. Malcomson was Detroit's largest coal dealer and Henry Ford's business partner. Using Malcomson's money, Ford bought machinery and material to prototype Ford Motor Company's first automobile. Malcomson sold his Ford stock in 1906 after a dispute over the direction of the company. His other automotive venture, Aerocar, was short-lived. Aerocar went broke in 1908, the year this portrait was made.
Alexander Y. Malcomson was Detroit's largest coal dealer and Henry Ford's business partner. Using Malcomson's money, Ford bought machinery and material to prototype Ford Motor Company's first automobile. Malcomson sold his Ford stock in 1906 after a dispute over the direction of the company. His other automotive venture, Aerocar, was short-lived. Aerocar went broke in 1908, the year this portrait was made.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1908
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.3181
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: 10 in
Width: 8.75 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in image: A. Y. Malcomson / 1908 / For / A.O. Zwick(?)
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