Henry Ford and H. G. Wells at Cotswold Cottage in Greenfield Village, 1931

THF108521 / Henry Ford and H. G. Wells at Cotswold Cottage in Greenfield Village, 1931

Artifact Overview

Henry Ford entertained many famous guests at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. H. G. Wells, the well-known and prolific author who wrote such works as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, visited in 1931. One stop was at the recently reconstructed Cotswold Cottage.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

11 November 1931

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.O.8267

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.25 in
Width: 8 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Authors Historic parks Visitors Celebrities Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Cotswold Cottage (Dearborn, Mich.)

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Cotswold Cottage
Cotswold Cottage is from the Cotswold Hills in southwest England. The Fords were attracted to the distinctive character of Cotswold buildings, which are characterized by the yellow-brown stone, tall gables, steeply pitched roofs, and stone ornamentation around windows and doors. Several decorative additions were made to the house in England, before dismantling and re-erecting it in Greenfield Village.