Charles Bowles at the Mattox Family Home Installation Opening Celebration in Greenfield Village, August 1991

THF109486 / Charles Bowles at the Mattox Family Home Installation Opening Celebration in Greenfield Village, August 1991

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

08 August 1991

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2468

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2.25 in (one image on 10x8contact sheet)
Width: 2.25 in (one image on 10x8 contact sheet)

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs African Americans Houses Installations (Exhibitions) Open-air museums Openings (Events) Relocated buildings and structures Bowles, Charles Mattox Family Home Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village

Artifact
Mattox Family Home
Amos and Grace Mattox -- descended from enslaved African Americans -- raised their two children in this rural Georgia farmhouse during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Amos farmed, cut hair, made shoes, and preached at the local church, while Grace sewed, canned, cooked, and helped needy neighbors. Although life was hard, the family proudly affirmed that there was "always enough."