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President Herbert Hoover with Henry Ford in Logan County Courthouse, Greenfield Village, May 1937

Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department1937-05-20

The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States

Henry Ford admired President Lincoln's character and collected many Lincoln-related artifacts, including the Logan County, Illinois courthouse in which Lincoln had practiced law in the 1840s. At the opening of Greenfield Village on October 21, 1929, President Herbert Hoover ignited a memorial fire in the courthouse fireplace. In 1937, President Hoover returned to drop another log on the still-burning blaze.

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  • Title: President Herbert Hoover with Henry Ford in Logan County Courthouse, Greenfield Village, May 1937
  • Creator: Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department
  • Date: 1937-05-20
  • Location: United States, Michigan, Dearborn
  • Subject Keywords: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947, Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, Logan County Courthouse, Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village, Courthouses, Fireplaces, Historic buildings, Open-air museums, United States presidents, Visitors, Celebrities, Relocated buildings and structures, Photographic prints, Photographs
  • Type: Photographs
  • Contributor: The Henry Ford
  • Original Source: Digital Collections
  • Object Name: Photographic print
  • Object ID: P.188.20711
  • Image ID: THF238628
  • Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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