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- The Easter Bunny's Origins in America - Spring! A time to celebrate! The season brings longer days, warmer weather, and new life. Budding flowers, baby chicks and lambs, painted eggs, and, of course, the Easter Bunny — all symbolize the return of spring and the end of dreary winter.
- April 15, 2025
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The Easter Bunny's Origins in America
Spring! A time to celebrate! The season brings longer days, warmer weather, and new life. Budding flowers, baby chicks and lambs, painted eggs, and, of course, the Easter Bunny — all symbolize the return of spring and the end of dreary winter.
- Illustrating the Holidays: A Disney Connection - In the 1930s and especially after the Second World War, American greeting card companies began hiring well-known artists and illustrators to design Christmas cards. Artist-designed cards enticed customers to purchase a company's cards.
- December 03, 2024
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Illustrating the Holidays: A Disney Connection
In the 1930s and especially after the Second World War, American greeting card companies began hiring well-known artists and illustrators to design Christmas cards. Artist-designed cards enticed customers to purchase a company's cards.
- TV at The Henry Ford: Live Broadcasts from Greenfield Village - Though we've just started filming our new weekly TV show, this is not the first time The Henry Ford has played host to national television shows. Find out more about our previous television appearances.
- October 15, 2014
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TV at The Henry Ford: Live Broadcasts from Greenfield Village
Though we've just started filming our new weekly TV show, this is not the first time The Henry Ford has played host to national television shows. Find out more about our previous television appearances.
- Art Education: Louis Prang's Christmas Card Competitions - The modern-day commercial Christmas card traces its origins back to England in the early 1840s when Henry Cole distributed holiday greetings on a card designed by John Callcott Horsley.
- December 04, 2025
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Art Education: Louis Prang's Christmas Card Competitions
The modern-day commercial Christmas card traces its origins back to England in the early 1840s when Henry Cole distributed holiday greetings on a card designed by John Callcott Horsley.
- "Turn Down the Leaf and See": Read, See, Touch, Lift, Learn - Boxed and tucked away for many years in the Benson Ford Research Center archives at The Henry Ford, this turn-up book has found a new life — a metamorphosis — much like its title. This "book" — a sheet of cut and folded paper — engaged the reader in tactile learning and instilled moral lessons in interactive ways, conveying lessons and meaning through visual images and texts that change with the lift of a flap.
- July 31, 2024
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"Turn Down the Leaf and See": Read, See, Touch, Lift, Learn
Boxed and tucked away for many years in the Benson Ford Research Center archives at The Henry Ford, this turn-up book has found a new life — a metamorphosis — much like its title. This "book" — a sheet of cut and folded paper — engaged the reader in tactile learning and instilled moral lessons in interactive ways, conveying lessons and meaning through visual images and texts that change with the lift of a flap.
- 100,000 Digitized Objects… So What?: Adding Context Online -
- November 02, 2020
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100,000 Digitized Objects… So What?: Adding Context Online
- Roald Amundsen Over the North Pole - The list of Norwegian Roald Amundsen's polar accomplishments is impressive. From 1903 to 1906, Amundsen and a crew of six navigated the first ship through the famed Northwest Passage. In 1911, he became the first person to set foot at the South Pole.
- July 04, 2023
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Roald Amundsen Over the North Pole
The list of Norwegian Roald Amundsen's polar accomplishments is impressive. From 1903 to 1906, Amundsen and a crew of six navigated the first ship through the famed Northwest Passage. In 1911, he became the first person to set foot at the South Pole.
- Results by Radio: Election Day 1920 - In 1920, a growing number of Americans could stay at home and listen to presidential election returns announced over the expanding wireless media — radio.
- October 15, 2020
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Results by Radio: Election Day 1920
In 1920, a growing number of Americans could stay at home and listen to presidential election returns announced over the expanding wireless media — radio.
- A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Baseball - Bat-and-ball games have been around for many years, and over time they evolved into today's sport of baseball. Whether young or old, pro or amateur, players love to hit, throw, catch, and run the bases. Fans eagerly root for their favorite team and players. Hallmark has celebrated America's "National Pastime" with Christmas ornaments since the late 1980s. These examples help remind us why we love the game.
- August 04, 2023
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A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Baseball
Bat-and-ball games have been around for many years, and over time they evolved into today's sport of baseball. Whether young or old, pro or amateur, players love to hit, throw, catch, and run the bases. Fans eagerly root for their favorite team and players. Hallmark has celebrated America's "National Pastime" with Christmas ornaments since the late 1980s. These examples help remind us why we love the game.
- A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Children's Books and Stories - <p>Hallmark's ornaments — with their original designs, increasing variety, and appeal to diverse customers — have revolutionized holiday decorating and led to the popularity of ornament collecting. Stories and characters from classic books--some dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries--are frequent ornament topics. These stories have become timeless, and multiple generations of family members can enjoy their related ornaments together.</p>
- January 23, 2023
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A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Children's Books and Stories
Hallmark's ornaments — with their original designs, increasing variety, and appeal to diverse customers — have revolutionized holiday decorating and led to the popularity of ornament collecting. Stories and characters from classic books--some dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries--are frequent ornament topics. These stories have become timeless, and multiple generations of family members can enjoy their related ornaments together.