Teacher E. Lucile Webster and Principal Mark Stroebel with Edison Institute Schools Sixth Grade Graduating Class, June 16, 1961

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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford established the Edison Institute schools in 1929 on the grounds of Greenfield Village, his open-air museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The schools embraced Ford's "learn by doing" philosophy with an emphasis on hands-on learning. This photograph shows the 1961 sixth-grade graduating class in the village's Martha Mary Chapel.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

16 June 1961

Subject Date

16 June 1961

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.N.B.28623

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in