Harlan Hatcher and Henry Ford II Announcing the Presentation of Fair Lane to the University of Michigan, December 1956

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Artifact Overview

University of Michigan president Harlan Hatcher posed with Ford Motor Company president Henry Ford II at Fair Lane, former estate of Henry and Clara Ford, in 1956. That year, Ford Motor Company donated Fair Lane, 210 acres of surrounding land, and $6.5 million toward the establishment of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, which enrolled its first students in 1959.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

17 December 1956

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.110639.3

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: 8 in
Width: 10 in