Our Most-Viewed Digitized Artifacts of All Time

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In fall 2020, The Henry Ford digitized its 100,000th artifact. As part of a month-long celebration of that happy event, we assembled this set of the 100 artifacts most-viewed online since our first collections website was launched in the early 2010s. Many are fan favorites from Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, but others might surprise you.

Ken Miles at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race, June 1966 - 3

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1896 Ford Quadricycle Runabout, First Car Built by Henry Ford - 20

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Letter from Clyde Barrow to Henry Ford Praising the Ford V-8 Car, 1934 - 6

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Rosa Parks Bus - 10

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Button, "You Are the Spark That Started Our Freedom Movement. Thank You Sister Rosa Parks," circa 1988 - 4

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Allegheny Steam Locomotive, 1941 - 9

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Carroll Shelby at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race, June 1966 - 3

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1967 Ford Mark IV Race Car - 8

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Automobile Bud Vase, 1920-1940 - 2

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Melting Pot Ceremony at Ford English School, July 4, 1917 - 8

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1901 Ford "Sweepstakes" Race Car - 14

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1965 Ford Mustang Convertible, Serial Number One - 13

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1987 Ford Thunderbird Stock Car, Raced by Bill Elliott - 15

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Rocking Chair Used by Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater the Night of His Assassination, April 14, 1865 - 9

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Cotswold Cottage - 6

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1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine Used by John F. Kennedy - 14

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Detroit Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse - 4

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1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Convertible - 9

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1902 Ford "999" Race Car, Built by Henry Ford - 13

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1965 Lotus-Ford Race Car - 11

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Vine Quilt by Susan McCord, 1880-1890 - 5

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1914 Ford Model T Touring Car, Given to John Burroughs by Henry Ford - 17

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Patent Model of Edison's Electrographic Vote Recorder and Register, His First Patent, 1869 - 2

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Slate Pencils, circa 1875 - 4

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1972 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine Used by Ronald Reagan - 7

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1962 Mustang I Roadster - 7

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Wright Brothers Home and Cycle Shop, Greenfield Village, 1971 - 4

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Martha-Mary Chapel - 5

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Henry Ford's "Kitchen Sink" Engine, 1893 - 7

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Van Cleve Bicycle, Made by the Wright Brothers circa 1896 - 6

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Slave Collar, circa 1860 - 1

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1903 Ford Model A Runabout - 12

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Guide Map and Brochure, "Welcome to Greenfield Village," circa 1968 - 3

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"Negro Motorist Green Book, An International Travel Guide," 1949 - 3

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Letter to Henry Ford from the Wife of an Assembly Line Worker, 1914 - 10

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1914 Detroit Electric Model 47 Brougham, Personal Car of Clara Ford - 7

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"Whites Only" Drinking Fountain, 1954 - 2

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Logan County Courthouse - 5

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Amana Radarange Microwave Oven, 1975 - 4

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1906 Locomobile "Old 16" Race Car - 11

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Test Tube, "Edison's Last Breath," 1931 - 4

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1927 Ford Model T Touring Car, The Fifteen-Millionth Ford - 3

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1909 Ford Model T Touring Car - 11

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1906 Ford Model N Runabout - 9

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Brick from Indianapolis Motor Speedway - 4

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Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994 - 2

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Firestone Farmhouse - 4

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Highland Park Plant Engine- Generator, 1915-1916 - 9

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1919 Ford Model T Sedan - 8

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Menlo Park Laboratory - 8

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