Printing Office & Tin Shop in Greenfield Village, March 1945

THF728663 / Printing Office & Tin Shop in Greenfield Village, March 1945

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

26 March 1945

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.7470

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 Buildings (Structures) Open-air museums Workshops (Adult education) Photographic prints Photographs Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Printing Office & Tin Shop (Dearborn, Mich.)

Artifact
Printing Office & Tin Shop
The Printing Office was built in Greenfield Village in 1933. For decades, the building served as a utilitarian print shop for Greenfield Village. At one time, the building housed a recreated 19th-century small town newspaper print shop and tinsmithing studio. Now, only the print shop remains.
Artifact
Printing Office & Tin Shop in Greenfield Village, circa 1945
Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.