Camp Willow Run Working Farm, Ypsilanti, Michigan, July 1939
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Camp Willow Run provided work and life skills training for underprivileged teenage boys during the Great Depression. The farm was located on land owned by Henry Ford near Ypsilanti, Michigan, some 35 miles west of Detroit. The camp closed in early 1941. It occupied a portion of the site chosen for Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant.
Camp Willow Run provided work and life skills training for underprivileged teenage boys during the Great Depression. The farm was located on land owned by Henry Ford near Ypsilanti, Michigan, some 35 miles west of Detroit. The camp closed in early 1941. It occupied a portion of the site chosen for Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
10 July 1939
Subject Date
10 July 1939
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.72051.C
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: 11.00 in
Width: 7.75 in
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