Warde Donovan, Phyllis Diller and Daughter in Menlo Park Laboratory, April 2, 1968

Artifact Overview

Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum over the years. 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. Comedienne Phyllis Diller and her then-husband Warde Donovan spent time visiting Greenfield Village in 1968.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

02 April 1968

Creators

Henry Ford (Organization). Photographic Department

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.2248

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.25 in
Width: 5.25 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Negatives (Photographs) Photographs Actors and actresses Celebrities Comedians Curators Laboratories Museum exhibits Open-air museums Vacuum pumps Visitors Relocated buildings and structures Diller, Phyllis, 1917-2012 Donovan, Warde, 1916-1988 Koolakian, Robert G. Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.)

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