Buzz Aldrin with Museum Staff during a Visit to Henry Ford Museum, March 19, 1976
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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. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, visited the museum in 1976.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
15 March 1976
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.N.B.74040.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.25 in
Width: 5.25 in
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