Peter Cousins, Nancy Bryk, and Blake Hayes at the Firestone Farm Dedication, Greenfield Village, June 29, 1985
THF242118 / Peter Cousins, Nancy Bryk, and Blake Hayes at the Firestone Farm Dedication, Greenfield Village, June 29, 1985
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Artifact Overview
On June 29, 1985, the newly installed Firestone Farm was dedicated in Greenfield Village. The Firestone family had donated their circa 1828 Columbiana County, Ohio, farmstead--boyhood home of Harvey Firestone, who later became a tire and rubber magnate and friend of Henry Ford--in 1983. Among the invited guests to the ceremonies were curators and staff of Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
29 June 1985
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.1162
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Chromogenic processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.500 in
Width: 5.000 in
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