Ford Home (Henry Ford's Birthplace) at Its Original Site, Dearborn, Michigan, 1930
THF25580 / Ford Home (Henry Ford's Birthplace) at Its Original Site, Dearborn, Michigan, 1930
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford began restoration of his Dearborn, Michigan, birthplace in 1919. He repaired or replaced the farm buildings and filled the small, white clapboard house with original or similar furnishings he remembered from his boyhood. He dedicated the restoration to the memory of his beloved mother, Mary Litogot Ford, who died in 1876. In 1944, the house and outbuildings were moved to Greenfield Village.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
16 October 1930
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.3159
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: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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Henry Ford was born in this farmhouse on July 30, 1863. The house stood near the corner of present-day Ford and Greenfield Roads in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford grew up in the house and moved out at age 16 to find work in Detroit. He restored the farmhouse in 1919 and moved it to Greenfield Village in 1944.
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