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No tractor -- but that young Ford looks awfully familiar

Henry Ford, left, in 1907, and his great-great-grandson Henry Ford III on his 16th birthday in 1996.
January 06, 2014 05:00 AM

Sometimes family traits jump generations. These photos of a young Henry Ford, taken in 1907 aboard a tractor, and his great-great- grandson Henry Ford III are hanging on the wall of the Ford archives in Dearborn. We couldn't help but notice the resemblance between Henry III, in a picture taken on his 16th birthday in 1996 on the 100th anniversary of the Quadricycle with his father, Edsel Ford II, and his illustrious ancestor.

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