Noah Webster Home in Greenfield Village, 1938

THF132717 / Noah Webster Home in Greenfield Village, 1938

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

12 September 1938

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

99.0.1.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.375 in
Width: 10.938 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Houses Open-air museums Relocated buildings and structures Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Noah Webster Home

Artifact
Noah Webster Home
Noah Webster and his wife Rebecca had this comfortable New Haven, Connecticut, home built in their later years to be near family and friends, as well as the library at nearby Yale College. While living in this house, Webster published his famous American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828. His dictionary aimed to capture distinctively American words and spellings for the first time.