The Most Popular Digital Collection Artifacts of 2017

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We add thousands of artifacts to our Digital Collections every year--and every year, these digital artifacts receive thousands of views. Here are the 50 artifacts that were viewed the most in our Digital Collections in 2017, including a variety on display in the Museum and the Village, a few not currently on exhibit, and a number featured on The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation. Are your favorites included?

Rosa Parks Bus - 5

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1896 Ford Quadricycle Runabout, First Car Built by Henry Ford - 14

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1901 Ford "Sweepstakes" Race Car - 10

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1987 Ford Thunderbird Stock Car, Raced by Bill Elliott - 11

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1965 Ford Mustang Convertible, Serial Number One - 6

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Melting Pot Ceremony at Ford English School, July 4, 1917 - 4

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Cotswold Cottage - 1

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Allegheny Steam Locomotive, 1941 - 3

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Guide Map and Brochure, "Welcome to Greenfield Village," circa 1968

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Wright Brothers Home and Cycle Shop, Greenfield Village, 1971 - 1

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1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine Used by John F. Kennedy - 8

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1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Convertible - 4

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1902 Ford "999" Race Car, Built by Henry Ford - 9

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1927 Ford Model T Touring Car, The Fifteen-Millionth Ford - 1

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1967 Ford Mark IV Race Car - 3

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Martha-Mary Chapel - 1

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Van Cleve Bicycle, Made by the Wright Brothers circa 1896 - 4

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Menlo Park Laboratory - 4

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Map Showing Layout of Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, 1947 - 1

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Pixar Image Computer II (P-II), circa 1987

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1914 Ford Model T Touring Car, Given to John Burroughs by Henry Ford - 14

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Tattoo Flash Portfolio, circa 1918

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1973 FMC 2900R Motorhome, Used by Charles Kuralt for CBS "On The Road" Television Show - 3

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1939 Sikorsky VS-300A Helicopter - 3

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Fordlandia Time Clock, Destroyed in the Riot of December 1930

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Letter from Clyde Barrow to Henry Ford Praising the Ford V-8 Car, 1934 - 2

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Letter to Henry Ford from the Wife of an Assembly Line Worker, 1914 - 7

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Rocking Chair Used by Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater the Night of His Assassination, April 14, 1865 - 3

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1965 Lotus-Ford Race Car - 7

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Henry Ford's "Kitchen Sink" Engine, 1893 - 3

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1972 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine Used by Ronald Reagan - 3

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1928 Ford 4-AT-B Tri-Motor Airplane, "Floyd Bennett," Flown Over the South Pole by Richard E. Byrd - 5

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Test Tube, "Edison's Last Breath," 1931 - 2

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Letter from Thomas Edison to Henry Ford, February 13, 1915 - 1

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Herschell-Spillman Carousel - 3

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McDonald's Restaurant Sign, 1960

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1903 Ford Model A Runabout - 8

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Short Biography of Ford Motor Company Employee James O'Connor, circa 1943 - 1

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1906 Locomobile "Old 16" Race Car - 5

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Vine Quilt by Susan McCord, 1880-1890 - 1

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Hermitage Slave Quarters - 2

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Sarah Jordan Boarding House - 1

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Highland Park Plant Engine- Generator, 1915-1916 - 7

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Memorandum from Ernest Kanzler to Henry Ford regarding Replacing the Model T, 1926 - 1

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Noah Webster Home - 5

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Henry Ford's Private Railroad Car "Fair Lane," 1921 - 2

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1950 Lincoln Presidential Limousine Used by Dwight D. Eisenhower - 4

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Ford Home (Henry Ford's Birthplace) at Its Original Location, Dearborn, Michigan, 1923-1926 - 1

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"Brewster" Chair, 1969

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1965 Goldenrod Land Speed Race Car - 6

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