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

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