Student Weavers in Plymouth Carding Mill (now Gunsolly Carding Mill), Greenfield Village, 1930

THF124034 / Student Weavers in Plymouth Carding Mill (now Gunsolly Carding Mill), Greenfield Village, 1930

Artifact Overview

Henry Ford believed in "learning by doing." Students enrolled in the Edison Institute Schools located on the grounds of Ford's Greenfield Village had ample opportunities for practical, hands-on training. Students, if they desired, could learn to weave. Beginners used small tabletop looms. As they progressed students created woven materials using larger looms located in Greenfield Village's Plymouth Carding Mill and Weaving Shed.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

10 July 1930

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department

Collection Title

Sidney Holloway Records

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.9.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Looms (Textile tools) Weavers Weaving Open-air museums Students Relocated buildings and structures Gunsolly Carding Mill Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village

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Gunsolly Carding Mill
John Gunsolly operated this water-powered carding mill as well as a saw and cider mill on the Middle Rouge River near Plymouth, Michigan, beginning in the 1850s. Area farmers brought their wool to this mill to have it carded (combed) so it could be spun into thread.