Will Rogers, Charles Roscoe Miles, and Henry Ford in Greenfield Village, October 1934
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Henry Ford admired Lincoln's character and collected many Lincoln-related artifacts, including the Logan County, Illinois, courthouse in which Lincoln had practiced law in the 1840s. Here, Mr. Ford and Will Rogers stands outside the courthouse with Lincoln portrayer Charles Roscoe Miles. Miles was a distant relative of Lincoln's and used his resemblance to the president to support himself during the Great Depression.
Henry Ford admired Lincoln's character and collected many Lincoln-related artifacts, including the Logan County, Illinois, courthouse in which Lincoln had practiced law in the 1840s. Here, Mr. Ford and Will Rogers stands outside the courthouse with Lincoln portrayer Charles Roscoe Miles. Miles was a distant relative of Lincoln's and used his resemblance to the president to support himself during the Great Depression.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
12 October 1934
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Relocated buildings and structures
Miles, Charles Roscoe, b. 1871
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.101592.24
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 11 in
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