Henry Ford II posing with his grandparents, Henry and Clara Ford
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View of Henry Ford II, in military uniform, posing with his grandparents, Henry Ford and Clara Ford. Typed on back: "Ford Corporate News Department, Dearborn, MI. Thirty-four days before his father, Edsel, died, Lieutenant Henry Ford II stands with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, on the grounds of his father's home on April 22, 1943. Upon his son's death, 79 year-old Henry Ford was re-elected president of Ford Motor Company and his grandson, Henry Ford II, awaiting orders to sea duty, was placed on inactive duty by the U.S. Navy to rejoin the company."