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- What Does a “Combine” Combine? - Combines save large amounts of time and labor because they combine many activities into a single task. Self-propelled combines culminated 150 years of monumental changes in farming technology.
- June 30, 2023
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What Does a “Combine” Combine?
Combines save large amounts of time and labor because they combine many activities into a single task. Self-propelled combines culminated 150 years of monumental changes in farming technology.
- A Horse-Drawn Recycler: The Manure Spreader - One of the best ways to restore soil after growing crops is to spread manure. Manure spreaders, which became effective and affordable by the 1870s, made this dirty job not-so-dirty.
- October 12, 2022
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A Horse-Drawn Recycler: The Manure Spreader
One of the best ways to restore soil after growing crops is to spread manure. Manure spreaders, which became effective and affordable by the 1870s, made this dirty job not-so-dirty.
- A Rosa Parks Baseball?: Inspiring Curt Flood's Battle with Major League Baseball - Learn how Curt Flood took on racism and injustice in Major League Baseball, the toll this work had on him, and how he turned his life around—and met a civil rights icon.
- February 03, 2022
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A Rosa Parks Baseball?: Inspiring Curt Flood's Battle with Major League Baseball
Learn how Curt Flood took on racism and injustice in Major League Baseball, the toll this work had on him, and how he turned his life around—and met a civil rights icon.
- 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Trading Card - Discover the history behind one of the earliest baseball cards—a team photo of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings issued by Peck & Snyder, a New York sporting goods store.
- January 28, 2022
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1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Trading Card
Discover the history behind one of the earliest baseball cards—a team photo of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings issued by Peck & Snyder, a New York sporting goods store.
- Innovation Icon: 1938 Massey-Harris Combine Model 20 - Explore the deep significance of the 1938 Massey-Harris Model 20 self-propelled combine, a designated landmark of American agricultural engineering, currently on display in Henry Ford Museum.
- June 30, 2023
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Innovation Icon: 1938 Massey-Harris Combine Model 20
Explore the deep significance of the 1938 Massey-Harris Model 20 self-propelled combine, a designated landmark of American agricultural engineering, currently on display in Henry Ford Museum.
- Moving Modern Mobility - Have you ever wondered how we move the more than 250 cars, trucks, and other motorized vehicles in our collection?
- November 03, 2016
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Moving Modern Mobility
Have you ever wondered how we move the more than 250 cars, trucks, and other motorized vehicles in our collection?
- Bring the Detroit Central Farmers Market to Greenfield Village - This year's #GivingTuesday campaign aims to bring the Detroit Central Farmers Market to Greenfield Village. Learn more and contribute to this goal today.
- November 08, 2019
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Bring the Detroit Central Farmers Market to Greenfield Village
This year's #GivingTuesday campaign aims to bring the Detroit Central Farmers Market to Greenfield Village. Learn more and contribute to this goal today.
- Clara Ford’s Roadside Market: A Small Building with Big Aspirations - Clara Ford realized that the mobility afforded by the automobile created new opportunities for farmers to sell produce directly to city folk in roadside markets, which could provide income and independence for farm women.
- September 08, 2014
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Clara Ford’s Roadside Market: A Small Building with Big Aspirations
Clara Ford realized that the mobility afforded by the automobile created new opportunities for farmers to sell produce directly to city folk in roadside markets, which could provide income and independence for farm women.
- Firestone Barn, a Pennsylvania Bank Barn - Discover what we can learn from Firestone Barn, part of the Firestone Farm living history complex in Greenfield Village.
- August 25, 2014
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Firestone Barn, a Pennsylvania Bank Barn
Discover what we can learn from Firestone Barn, part of the Firestone Farm living history complex in Greenfield Village.