Henry Ford Examining a Watch at Magill Jewelry Store (now Cohen Millinery), Greenfield Village, circa 1945
THF117594 / Henry Ford Examining a Watch at Magill Jewelry Store (now Cohen Millinery), Greenfield Village, circa 1945
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Artifact Overview
Pocket watches were the first mechanical devices to catch Henry Ford's fancy. As a boy, he enjoyed disassembling and repairing watches for friends and acquaintances. The interest stayed with Ford throughout his life. This photo captured him looking at a watch in Magill Jewelry Store (now Cohen Millinery) in Greenfield Village around 1945.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1945
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.131081.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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Specialized retail stores like this one served the needs of city dwellers in the late 19th century. During the 1880s, a series of shops selling fancy goods, groceries, dry goods, and flour and feed occupied the building. In the mid-1890s, widow Elizabeth Cohen operated a millinery shop here, offering customers fashionable headwear while supporting her young family. Like other shopkeepers, Mrs. Cohen lived above her store.
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