Lord Mountbatten Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, April 8, 1972
THF115867 / Lord Mountbatten Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory, 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 Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
08 April 1972
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.B.61781.9
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: 8.25 in
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