Installing the Teak Wood Floor inside Henry Ford Museum, 1938
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One of the more distinctive features of Henry Ford's Edison Institute museum -- today's Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation -- is its teak floor. Hand-laid in a herringbone pattern, each piece measures 3 inches wide by 18 inches long. Though the museum opened to the public in 1933, workers didn't complete the nearly 350,000 square feet of wood flooring until 1938.
One of the more distinctive features of Henry Ford's Edison Institute museum -- today's Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation -- is its teak floor. Hand-laid in a herringbone pattern, each piece measures 3 inches wide by 18 inches long. Though the museum opened to the public in 1933, workers didn't complete the nearly 350,000 square feet of wood flooring until 1938.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
31 April 1938
Subject Date
31 April 1938
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.189.N.13200
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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