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

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