Edison and Ford in a friendly chat – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Edison and Ford in a friendly chat, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Edison and Ford in a friendly chat
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Two of the best-known names in American industry sit side by side in this c1925 photograph, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, shown in a relaxed conversation rather than a posed industrial portrait. The two men had been friends since the early 1910s, when Ford helped bring Edison's ideas and his reputation into the automobile age, and they often spent time together at camps and gatherings. The record's caption card is unverified, so the exact occasion is not confirmed, but the picture captures the warm rapport between the inventor and the carmaker that fascinated the press of their day.
| Created / published | c1925. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI. Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,078 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151569 |
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