Colonial Cooking Class Held at Eagle Tavern in Greenfield Village, 1978

THF112256 / Colonial Cooking Class Held at Eagle Tavern in Greenfield Village, 1978
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Artifact Overview

Since its opening in 1929, the restored Clinton Inn (now Eagle Tavern) in Greenfield Village featured several period-room exhibits -- including a "colonial kitchen" with a large open fireplace. During the 1970s, adult education classes were held here, taught by instructor Margaret Chalmers. Chalmers, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, later published a cookbook of recipes used in these classes.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1978

Subject Date

circa 1978

Creator Notes

Photo taken by the Henry Ford Museum Photographic Department, Dearborn, Michigan.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.B.80286.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

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    This tavern, constructed 1831-2 in Clinton, Michigan, was originally a stagecoach stop on the Detroit-to-Chicago road. In 1927, Henry Ford purchased the run-down building from resident Ella Smith -- the daughter of Walter Smith, who had run the hostelry as Smith's Hotel between 1868 and 1896. Moved to Greenfield Village, the restored and renamed Clinton Inn opened in 1929.