Burroughs' Grotto at Fair Lane Estate, Dearborn, Michigan, May 1933
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford befriended naturalist John Burroughs in the early 1910s. The two shared a mutual love of birds and nature. In 1916, Ford dedicated a wildlife shrine to Burroughs at Fair Lane, Ford's home in Dearborn, Michigan. The "Burroughs' Grotto" contained a heated bird bath, a stone with Burroughs's signature and a statue of the famed nature writer.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic transparency
Date Made
22 May 1933
Subject Date
22 May 1933
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.577
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Glass (Material)
Technique
Chromogenic processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4 in
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