Lord Mountbatten with Group, Viewing the Ford "999" Racer in Henry Ford Museum, April 8, 1972
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Lord Mountbatten was great-grandson of Queen Victoria, a British World War II hero and viceroy of India in 1947 during that country's partitioning and independence. In April 1972, he toured Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, accompanied by Henry Ford II and Edison Institute's president, Donald Shelley. The group rode on a Cushman cart to view exhibits throughout the expansive museum building.
Lord Mountbatten was great-grandson of Queen Victoria, a British World War II hero and viceroy of India in 1947 during that country's partitioning and independence. In April 1972, he toured Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, accompanied by Henry Ford II and Edison Institute's president, Donald Shelley. The group rode on a Cushman cart to view exhibits throughout the expansive museum building.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
08 April 1972
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.B.61784.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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