Lord Mountbatten with Henry Ford II and Museum Staff, Visiting Greenfield Village, April 8, 1972

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Artifact Overview

Lord Mountbatten was great-grandson of Queen Victoria, a British World War II hero and viceroy of India in 1947 during that country's partitioning and independence. In April 1972, he toured Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, accompanied by Henry Ford II and Edison Institute's president, Donald Shelley. The group hit all the institute's highlights, including a stop at Wright Cycle Shop.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

08 April 1972

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.B.61780.12

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in

Lord Mountbatten with Henry Ford II and Museum Staff, Visiting Greenfield Village, April 8, 1972