Sumitra Gandhi Visiting Henry Ford Museum, July 7, 1961

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Artifact Overview

Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum. Actors, authors, and artists have passed through the entrance gates; business leaders, royalty, politicians, and a host of others have toured the exhibits. Photographs by the institution's photographer were taken if the celebrity allowed it. Sumitra Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, visited in 1961 and viewed the spinning wheel her grandfather gave Henry Ford.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

07 July 1961

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.2237

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.25 in
Width: 5.25 in

Sumitra Gandhi Visiting Henry Ford Museum, July 7, 1961