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- Influencing Fashion - Through mid-April 2026, the What We Wore exhibit in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation presents a look at fashion magazines and catalogs.
- April 07, 2026
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Influencing Fashion
Through mid-April 2026, the What We Wore exhibit in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation presents a look at fashion magazines and catalogs.
- The Jackson Home: Furnishing It Like It’s 1965 - In this interview, Jeanine Head Miller (Curator of Domestic Life), and Charles Sable (Curator of Decorative Arts) sat down with Kristen Gallerneaux (Curator and Editor-in-Chief of Digital Curation) to share their efforts to restore the interiors and furnishings of The Jackson Home. This article is part of an ongoing series focusing on the history, preservation, and restoration of the landmark Jackson Home experience, slated to open in Greenfield Village in Summer 2026.
- November 06, 2025
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The Jackson Home: Furnishing It Like It’s 1965
In this interview, Jeanine Head Miller (Curator of Domestic Life), and Charles Sable (Curator of Decorative Arts) sat down with Kristen Gallerneaux (Curator and Editor-in-Chief of Digital Curation) to share their efforts to restore the interiors and furnishings of The Jackson Home. This article is part of an ongoing series focusing on the history, preservation, and restoration of the landmark Jackson Home experience, slated to open in Greenfield Village in Summer 2026.
- Hallmark’s Christmas Classics - The Christmas season brings cherished traditions and much-anticipated activities. These Hallmark ornaments reflect some of these classic Christmas experiences.
- December 07, 2023
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Hallmark’s Christmas Classics
The Christmas season brings cherished traditions and much-anticipated activities. These Hallmark ornaments reflect some of these classic Christmas experiences.
- What We Wore: Reveal or Disguise? - The current What We Wore exhibit in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, on display until December 12, features costumes worn for Halloween and masquerade parties.
- November 10, 2023
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What We Wore: Reveal or Disguise?
The current What We Wore exhibit in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, on display until December 12, features costumes worn for Halloween and masquerade parties.
- Maria Grever: A Little Known — But Not Unsung — Composer - What do the Andrews Sisters’s 1938 hit song, “Ti-Pi-Tin,” and Dinah Washington’s Grammy-winning 1959 recording of “What a Difference a Day Makes” have in common? Both songs were written by Maria Grever, a female Mexican composer.
- November 14, 2023
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Maria Grever: A Little Known — But Not Unsung — Composer
What do the Andrews Sisters’s 1938 hit song, “Ti-Pi-Tin,” and Dinah Washington’s Grammy-winning 1959 recording of “What a Difference a Day Makes” have in common? Both songs were written by Maria Grever, a female Mexican composer.
- Melville and Anna Bissell: “Sweeping” Their Way to Success - Learn how Melville and Anna Bissell, husband and wife entrepreneurs from Grand Rapids, Michigan, solved their own “sweeping” issues--then “swept” the market with their mechanical carpet sweeper.
- July 29, 2020
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Melville and Anna Bissell: “Sweeping” Their Way to Success
Learn how Melville and Anna Bissell, husband and wife entrepreneurs from Grand Rapids, Michigan, solved their own “sweeping” issues--then “swept” the market with their mechanical carpet sweeper.
- Jenny Young Chandler: Photojournalist - In 1890, 25-year-old Jenny Young Chandler found herself a widow with an infant to provide for. Over the next three decades, as a photojournalist and feature writer for the New York Herald, Chandler would capture sensitive, insightful photography depi
- July 06, 2020
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Jenny Young Chandler: Photojournalist
In 1890, 25-year-old Jenny Young Chandler found herself a widow with an infant to provide for. Over the next three decades, as a photojournalist and feature writer for the New York Herald, Chandler would capture sensitive, insightful photography depi
- Inventing America’s Favorite Cookie - Let’s take look at how America’s favorite cookie was born: discover how Ruth Wakefield created the chocolate chip cookie, and why they were called "Toll House Cookies."
- May 29, 2020
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Inventing America’s Favorite Cookie
Let’s take look at how America’s favorite cookie was born: discover how Ruth Wakefield created the chocolate chip cookie, and why they were called "Toll House Cookies."
- Accidental Toy Inventions - Accidents can lead to amazing inventions, including toys like Slinky and Silly Putty. Learn about these and more accidental toy inventions at The Henry Ford.
- May 04, 2022
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Accidental Toy Inventions
Accidents can lead to amazing inventions, including toys like Slinky and Silly Putty. Learn about these and more accidental toy inventions at The Henry Ford.
- What We Wore: Unpacking a Trunk - Clothing packed in a trunk and preserved for generations remains among the oldest in The Henry Ford’s collection. Find out more about these garments and the family that saved them.
- October 08, 2021
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What We Wore: Unpacking a Trunk
Clothing packed in a trunk and preserved for generations remains among the oldest in The Henry Ford’s collection. Find out more about these garments and the family that saved them.