Gerald Ford Historical Photographs,
1913 -1914
(with some earlier photographs of his father and 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. |
 H0040-4. Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr.) in baptismal gown. 1914. |
 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. 1914. |
 H0040-1. Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr.). 1914. |
 H0005-2. Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr.). 1914. |
