"One-Room School of 1861"
THF734286 / "One-Room School of 1861"
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Artifact Overview
Michigan Bell Telephone Company commissioned Michigan-born artist Robert Thom (1915-1979) to illustrate scenes depicting Michigan's history. The paintings were later reproduced and sold as prints. Thom and a photographer visited the Edison Institute Schools in Greenfield Village to snap pictures of a teacher and students. From these photos, Thom recreated an idealized scene for this print, "One-Room School of 1861."
Artifact Details
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Date Made
1966
Subject Date
1861
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
86.14.1.17
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 18 in (framed)
Width: 22 in (framed)
Height: 11 in (unframed)
Width: 16 in (unframed)
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Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.