Plymouth (now Gunsolly) Carding Mill in Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, March 3, 1937

THF243096 / Plymouth (now Gunsolly) Carding Mill in Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, March 3, 1937

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

03 March 1937

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.1487

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: 7.375 in
Width: 10.938 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 Weaving Shed (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.