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

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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