Clara Ford and Martha Berry with Students at Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia, circa 1927

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Artifact Overview

In 1902, Martha Berry established a school near Rome, Georgia, to educate the local underprivileged children. As the school grew, Berry solicited funds from many wealthy Americans. She invited Clara and Henry Ford to the school in 1921. The Fords were impressed. Clara and Henry returned many times over the years and became lifelong benefactors.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1927

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.9705

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: 5 in
Width: 8.25 in