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- Electricity? I’ll Take a Pound… - Thomas Edison's Chemical Meter was designed to keep track of customers' electricity usage—by weight.
- October 19, 2017
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Electricity? I’ll Take a Pound…
Thomas Edison's Chemical Meter was designed to keep track of customers' electricity usage—by weight.
- Remembering John Margolies - The Henry Ford remembers photographer John Margolies, whose work captures elements of America's essence and identity.
- June 01, 2016
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Remembering John Margolies
The Henry Ford remembers photographer John Margolies, whose work captures elements of America's essence and identity.
- Practicality Enshrined: The L. Miller and Son Hardware and Tool Display - Learn how and why The Henry Ford acquired a set of display cases from a Chicago hardware store, now on display in Made in America. Read more today!
- April 29, 2016
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Practicality Enshrined: The L. Miller and Son Hardware and Tool Display
Learn how and why The Henry Ford acquired a set of display cases from a Chicago hardware store, now on display in Made in America. Read more today!
- Molding Ideas: Eames Trash Can Chair - A landmark prototype "trash can chair" in the collections of The Henry Ford reveals the origins of Ray and Charles Eames' quest to use modern, inexpensive materials to make furniture of extreme simplicity and affordability.
- April 21, 2014
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Molding Ideas: Eames Trash Can Chair
A landmark prototype "trash can chair" in the collections of The Henry Ford reveals the origins of Ray and Charles Eames' quest to use modern, inexpensive materials to make furniture of extreme simplicity and affordability.
- Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory - Learn how Henry Ford rebuilt and recreated Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory on the grounds of Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
- September 01, 2014
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Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory
Learn how Henry Ford rebuilt and recreated Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory on the grounds of Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
- 1859 Corliss Steam Engine - Learn more about the massive yet graceful Corliss steam engine on display in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and its inventor, self-made engineer George Corliss.
- August 28, 2014
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1859 Corliss Steam Engine
Learn more about the massive yet graceful Corliss steam engine on display in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and its inventor, self-made engineer George Corliss.