Minnesota Fats Visiting Henry Ford Museum, November 8, 1977

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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. The slick-talking pool hustler Minnesota Fats (Rudolf Wanderone) stopped by in 1977.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

08 November 1977

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.2275

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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