We're celebrating our 90th birthday by looking, decade by decade, at significant additions to our collection. During the 1930s, we acquired the Wright Cycle Shop, a sweetmeat dish used by Alexander Hamilton, and a jacquard loom.

We’ve just digitized dozens of photos of the elaborate camping trips of Vagabonds, a quartet including Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, businessman Harvey Firestone, and naturalist John Burroughs.

We’ve just digitized about two dozen food boxes, cans, bottles, and jars dating from the 1920s to the 2000s, which formerly contained anchovies, oyster sauce, truffles, and more.

Known as the “Golden Age of Illustration,” the decades surrounding the turn of the 20th century were a prosperous time to be an artist in the business of illustration.

Learn how a portable steam engine convinced Henry Ford that his future was in engineering, not farming — and how he tracked that same engine down 30 years later.

Learn about the very long connection between Henry and Edsel Ford and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, including performances at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair and weekly performances on the radio show Ford Sunday Evening Hour.

We’ve just digitized a few images related to the original Ford Motor Company Mack Avenue Plant, which is so significant to Ford history that it was reproduced, at a smaller scale, in Greenfield Village in 1945.

We've just digitized plant samples from Henry Ford's rubber plantations in Brazil.

We've just digitized selections from our collections related to football, including photos of football playing students and an uncovered hidden gem: Edsel Ford’s 1934 season pass to home games of the Detroit Lions.

Henry Ford was a lover of violins and classic American music. Watch our curators provide additional insights into his passion and collection.