Gerald Ford at the Firestone Farm Dedication in Greenfield Village, June 29, 1985

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Artifact Overview

In 1983, the Firestone family donated their circa 1828 Columbiana County, Ohio, farmstead to Greenfield Village. The farm had been the boyhood home of Harvey Firestone, who later became a tire and rubber magnate and friend of Henry Ford. On June 29, 1985, descendants of Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone along with former U.S. President Gerald Ford helped dedicate the newly installed farm.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

29 June 1985

Subject Date

29 June 1985

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.N.B.96598.10

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in