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Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897–1990) was the mother of Martha Firestone, who wed William Clay Ford Sr., grandson of Henry Ford. She is the daughter of Guy James Parke and Gertrude Chambers, and daughter-in-law of Harvey Firestone .
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. In 1949, she posed for celebrated Vogue fashion photographer Cecil Beaton.
Elizabeth Parke, daughter of a prosperous Decatur, Illinois, businessman, and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., son of the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, met at a dance at Princeton around 1920. Their 1921 wedding was the most lavish Decatur had ever seen.
16 ott 1990 · Elizabeth Parke Firestone, widow of the industrialist Harvey S. Firestone Jr. and a collector of 18th-century decorative arts, died Saturday at Newport Hospital in Rhode Island.
Firestone helped establish the company's supply and service stores, and guided its operations during World War II. He was also president of the Firestone Foundation. Firestone married Elizabeth Parke Firestone in 1921. They had four children: Elizabeth, Anne, Martha, and Harvey Samuel III.
Title: Wedding of Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey Firestone, Jr., Bride and Groom with Their Parents, June 25, 1921. Creator: Frank Moore Studio (Cleveland, Ohio) Date Created:...
2 mar 2022 · An upcoming episode, “Tucked Away in Newport,” scheduled to air on March 14, will likely include plenty of recognizable Newport backdrops! Below, I share stories from a member of one of Newport’s Gilded Age families, Elizabeth Parke Firestone.
