Edsel, Eleanor, Clara and Henry Ford with Guests at Tintype Studio in Greenfield Village, 1929-1930
THF99634 / Edsel, Eleanor, Clara and Henry Ford with Guests at Tintype Studio in Greenfield Village, 1929-1930
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Artifact Overview
Just before the official dedication of his historical village in October 1929, Henry Ford decided to add a tintype photographic studio. Ford's staff worked feverishly to complete the building--designed to look like a small tintype studio from the 1870s and 1880s--in one day! Not long after it opened, Ford posed with family and friends in the Greenfield Village Tintype Studio for this group portrait.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Tintype (Photograph)
Date Made
1929-1930
Subject Date
1929-1930
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
64.167.6.19.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Iron (Metal)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Tintype (Process)
Direct positive processes
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 6 in (cover)
Width: 4 in (cover)
Height: 2.5 in (tintype)
Width: 3.5 in (tintype)
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