Vocational Education Teachers Visiting Clinton Inn (now Eagle Tavern), Greenfield Village, April 19, 1954
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In 1929, Henry Ford restored the Clinton Inn--a nineteenth-century stagecoach stop--with a modern kitchen and dining room to serve students of the Greenfield Village schools. The building was redecorated and opened for public meal service in 1951. Visitors could enjoy a cafeteria-style lunch in the dining room and view period-room exhibits in the formal parlor, barroom, and sitting room.
In 1929, Henry Ford restored the Clinton Inn--a nineteenth-century stagecoach stop--with a modern kitchen and dining room to serve students of the Greenfield Village schools. The building was redecorated and opened for public meal service in 1951. Visitors could enjoy a cafeteria-style lunch in the dining room and view period-room exhibits in the formal parlor, barroom, and sitting room.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
19 April 1954
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.764
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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