Portrait of Amos Mattox, circa 1910
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
03 July 1992
Subject Date
circa 1910
Creator Notes
Copy photograph made in 1992 of a photographic print dated before 1935. The original photographer is unidentified.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.N.B.108702.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 4 in
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Amos and Grace Mattox -- descended from enslaved African Americans -- raised their two children in this rural Georgia farmhouse during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Amos farmed, cut hair, made shoes, and preached at the local church, while Grace sewed, canned, cooked, and helped needy neighbors. Although life was hard, the family proudly affirmed that there was "always enough."