Gerald Ford Historical Photographs,
1913 -1914
(with some earlier photographs of his mother)
President Gerald R. Ford was the son of Leslie Lynch King and his wife Dorothy
Ayer Gardner, who divorced soon after the birth of their only child. Their
son was known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr., until his mother married Gerald R.
Ford, Sr. in 1916, after which he went by the name Gerald R. Ford, Jr.
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H0022-2. Dorothy Ayer Gardner. 1910. |
H0004-1. Dorothy Ayer Gardner. 1912. |
H0003-1. Dorothy Ayer Gardner King poses in her wedding dress. September
7, 1912. |
H0028-2. Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr.) is
held by an unidentified woman while his cousins Gardner and Adele James
and an unidentified girl flank them. 1913. |
H0040-4. Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr.) in
baptismal gown. 1913. |
H0003-3 and H0004-2 (H0003-3 provides better reproduction). Gerald R.
Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr.) and Dorothy Ayer Gardner
King on his baptism day. September 1913. |
H0040-1. Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie
Lynch King, Jr.). 1914. |
H0025-2. Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr.) plays
on the front walk of his home in Grand Rapids. 1914. |
H0005-2.
Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr.). 1914. |
H0003-2. Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr.).
June 1914. |
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