Camp Willow Run Working Farm, Ypsilanti, Michigan, July 1939

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

10 July 1939

Subject Date

10 July 1939

Location

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