Teacher E. Lucile Webster and Principal Mark Stroebel with Edison Institute Schools Sixth Grade Graduating Class, June 16, 1961
THF734224 / 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
Collection Title
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
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