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Edsel Bryant Ford (November 6, 1893 – May 26, 1943) was an American business executive and philanthropist who was the only child of pioneering industrialist Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Jane Bryant Ford.
Henry Ford and Edsel Ford introduced the Model A on December 2, 1927. After 19 years of Model T production, the public was eager for Ford Motor Company's new car. It took six months of intensive design work and plant retooling, but the Model A was a hit.
Edsel is a discontinued division and brand of automobiles that was produced by the Ford Motor Company in the 1958 to 1960 model years. Deriving its name from Edsel Ford, son of company founder Henry Ford, Edsels were developed in an effort to give Ford a fourth brand to gain additional market share from Chrysler and General Motors.
Nov 19, 2009 · The Edsel was introduced on Sept. 4, 1957, or E-Day. Based on the standard Ford body, the Edsel was a big car that could seat six people in comfort and guzzle gas with similar ease. The...
This essay’s objective is to examine an overlooked, outstanding example of the businessman as artist, Edsel Bryant Ford.
Oct 14, 2007 · AMERICA’S most famous automotive flop, the Edsel, just turned 50. And while there were all sorts of grass-roots celebrations, Edsel’s parent, the Ford Motor Company, didn’t make a fuss.
Jun 11, 1981 · Now, however, Edsel Ford 2d, the 32-year-old son of the Ford Motor Company's former chairman, Henry Ford 2d, says he's given up long hours and become something of a clock watcher.
Aug 30, 1979 · Edsel Ford said he planned to remain for at least another year in Australia, where he is assistant managing director of the company's local affiliate.
The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a US$25,000 (approx. $550,000 in 2023) gift from Edsel Ford.
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House: Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan 1929 The Danish landscape architect Jens Jensen (1860–1951) came to know Edsel Ford through work Jensen had done for his parents, Clara and Henry Ford, at Fair Lane, their Dearborn, Michigan, estate.
