Interior of Mattox Family Home in Greenfield Village, January 1992

THF250595 / Interior of Mattox Family Home in Greenfield Village, January 1992

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

20 January 1992

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2485

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.000 in
Width: 8.125 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs African Americans Bedrooms Houses Installations (Exhibitions) Open-air museums Relocated buildings and structures 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."