Mattox Family Home at Its Original Site, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1935
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Henry Ford brought this house to Greenfield Village in 1943, one of a group of buildings to represent the progress of African Americans from bondage through emancipation to world recognition. Later research revealed that this home belonged to the Mattoxes, a land-owning African-American family--not a white plantation overseer, as Ford had believed. Henry Ford can be seen at right.
Henry Ford brought this house to Greenfield Village in 1943, one of a group of buildings to represent the progress of African Americans from bondage through emancipation to world recognition. Later research revealed that this home belonged to the Mattoxes, a land-owning African-American family--not a white plantation overseer, as Ford had believed. Henry Ford can be seen at right.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1935
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.2476
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
verso: O-2380
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