Plymouth (now Gunsolly) Carding Mill in Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, January 29, 1930

THF243080 / Plymouth (now Gunsolly) Carding Mill in Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, January 29, 1930

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

29 January 1930

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.1478

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Backing (Textile material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.500 in
Width: 10.875 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Mills (Buildings) Open-air museums Relocated buildings and structures Gunsolly Carding Mill Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village

Artifact
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.