Burroughs Grotto at Fair Lane Estate, Dearborn, Michigan, 1915-1920

THF127499 / Burroughs Grotto at Fair Lane Estate, Dearborn, Michigan, 1915-1920

Artifact Overview

Henry Ford befriended naturalist John Burroughs in the early 1910s. The two shared a mutual love of birds and nature. In 1916, Ford dedicated a wildlife shrine to Burroughs at Fair Lane, Ford's home in Dearborn, Michigan. The "Burroughs' Grotto" contained a heated bird bath, a stone with Burroughs's signature and a statue of the famed nature writer.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1915-1920

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.1536

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: 3.563 in
Width: 5.875 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Families Grottoes Rock gardens Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.)