Dining Room in Noah Webster Home, Greenfield Village, 1947
THF147812 / Dining Room in Noah Webster Home, Greenfield Village, 1947
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford admired textbook pioneer and spelling reformer Noah Webster. Ford purchased Webster's New Haven, Connecticut, home and moved it to Greenfield Village in 1936 to join a growing list of historic buildings in Ford's outdoor museum in Dearborn, Michigan. This image shows the house's interior in 1947.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
09 May 1947
Subject Date
09 May 1947
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.84250
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 11 in
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ArtifactNoah Webster Home
Noah Webster and his wife Rebecca had this comfortable New Haven, Connecticut, home built in their later years to be near family and friends, as well as the library at nearby Yale College. While living in this house, Webster published his famous American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828. His dictionary aimed to capture distinctively American words and spellings for the first time.