Interior View of Logan County Courthouse in Greenfield Village, 1953
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Henry Ford admired Lincoln's character and his embodiment of the ideals of the "self-made man." Ford collected many Lincoln-related artifacts, including the Logan County, Illinois, courthouse in which Lincoln had practiced law during the 1840s. This view, taken in the 1950s, shows furniture from the Lincolns' Springfield home and the chair from Ford's Theatre in which Lincoln was assassinated.
Henry Ford admired Lincoln's character and his embodiment of the ideals of the "self-made man." Ford collected many Lincoln-related artifacts, including the Logan County, Illinois, courthouse in which Lincoln had practiced law during the 1840s. This view, taken in the 1950s, shows furniture from the Lincolns' Springfield home and the chair from Ford's Theatre in which Lincoln was assassinated.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1953
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Relocated buildings and structures
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.878
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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