Mattox Family Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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Amos and Grace Mattox--descended from enslaved African Americans--raised several children in this rural Georgia farmhouse during the 1930s. The house--now located in Greenfield Village--is furnished to depict life during the Great Depression. Grace canned and preserved fruits and vegetables from the garden, which she used to feed her family. Grace also freely shared with needy neighbors.
Amos and Grace Mattox--descended from enslaved African Americans--raised several children in this rural Georgia farmhouse during the 1930s. The house--now located in Greenfield Village--is furnished to depict life during the Great Depression. Grace canned and preserved fruits and vegetables from the garden, which she used to feed her family. Grace also freely shared with needy neighbors.
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
September 2007
Keywords
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.171.557
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Digital photography (Digital camera)
Color
Multicolored
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