People Visiting White Hall Cemetery, circa 1940

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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. Ford eventually acquired 85,000 acres, and in the 1930s he built a winter residence there. His purchases included several pre-Civil War plantations. White Hall was a cotton plantation owned by the Arnold family. The family cemetery was located on the grounds and preserved by the Fords.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1940

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.97

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: 4.438 in
Width: 3.25 in