Mattox Family Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007
THF53392 / Mattox Family Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007 / Photographed by Michelle Andonian
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Artifact Overview
Amos and Grace Mattox--descended from enslaved African Americans--raised several children in this rural Georgia farmhouse during the 1930s. The house--now located in Greenfield Village--is furnished to depict life during the Great Depression when hard work and determination were needed to survive. Like others in the rural South, the resourceful family covered the walls with newspaper for both insulation and decoration.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
September 2007
Creators
Creator Notes
Photographed by Michelle Andonian.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.171.550
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Digital photography (Digital camera)
Color
Multicolored
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