Willson Knight, Suzanne Knight Gardiner, Dorothy Knight, Ann Knight, and Harvey Knight outside Susquehanna House, October 1936

THF249749 / Willson Knight, Suzanne Knight Gardiner, Dorothy Knight, Ann Knight, and Harvey Knight outside Susquehanna House, October 1936

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

October 1936

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2367

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.188 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Maryland, Patuxent (river) United States, Maryland, St. Mary's (county) Photographic prints Photographs Exterior views Children Families Girls Grandchildren Grandparents Houses Men Plantation houses Women Original sites Knight, Willson Helm, 1891-1955 Knight, Ann Wilson, 1868-1941 Knight, Harvey Simpson, Sr., 1866-1944 Knight, Dorothy Smith, 1895-1980 Gardiner, Mary Suzanne Knight, 1921-2007 Susquehanna Plantation

Keywords

Artifact
Susquehanna Plantation
Henry Carroll owned this Maryland house on the Patuxent River in the decades before and after the Civil War. Its form -- one room deep with porches -- invited cooling breezes in the warm, humid climate. In 1860, the Carrolls raised tobacco and wheat on their 700-acre plantation. Seventy-five enslaved African Americans provided the skill and labor that supported the Carroll family's comfortable life.