White Hall Plantation, circa 1910
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. Here, Ford dabbled in agricultural experimentation and in the late 1930s he built a winter residence. Ford's property included several large, pre-Civil War plantations. White Hall had been a prosperous cotton plantation. The large plantation house burned in 1914.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1910
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.19535
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 9.938 in
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