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- Guided Creativity - From millions of artifacts in The Henry Ford’s collections, our experts choose three and reveal the surprisingly curious connections between them. In the featured video below, discover how an erector set, a quilt, and a travel booklet connect to one another.
- February 29, 2016
- Collections - Video
Guided Creativity
From millions of artifacts in The Henry Ford’s collections, our experts choose three and reveal the surprisingly curious connections between them. In the featured video below, discover how an erector set, a quilt, and a travel booklet connect to one another.
- Creative Technology "Creative Nomad Jukebox," 2000 -
- 2000
- Collections - Artifact
Creative Technology "Creative Nomad Jukebox," 2000
- "Guided Missile" Mechanical Bank, circa 1957 - In the years before the space race of the late 1950s, many Americans viewed outer space exploration as fantasy and science fiction. Children's space toys--including banks--reflected those futuristic visions. This "Guided Missile" bank, made by Astro Manufacturing about 1957, contains a spring-loaded mechanism that launched a coin into a slot in the underside of the rocket's nose.
- circa 1957
- Collections - Artifact
"Guided Missile" Mechanical Bank, circa 1957
In the years before the space race of the late 1950s, many Americans viewed outer space exploration as fantasy and science fiction. Children's space toys--including banks--reflected those futuristic visions. This "Guided Missile" bank, made by Astro Manufacturing about 1957, contains a spring-loaded mechanism that launched a coin into a slot in the underside of the rocket's nose.
- "Mistakes & Creativity," Clip from Oral History Interview with Paul Stankard, May 20, 2016 - Paul Stankard is one of the founders of the Studio Glass movement of the 1960s and 70s. Most early Studio Glass artists began their careers creating paperweights and moved on to other forms. Stankard concentrated on creating the most technically sophisticated and beautiful paperweights he could imagine. Stankard is acclaimed for his miniature botanical worlds. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed the artist in 2016.
- May 20, 2016
- Collections - Artifact
"Mistakes & Creativity," Clip from Oral History Interview with Paul Stankard, May 20, 2016
Paul Stankard is one of the founders of the Studio Glass movement of the 1960s and 70s. Most early Studio Glass artists began their careers creating paperweights and moved on to other forms. Stankard concentrated on creating the most technically sophisticated and beautiful paperweights he could imagine. Stankard is acclaimed for his miniature botanical worlds. Staff from The Henry Ford interviewed the artist in 2016.
- 60th Anniversary of the First Guided Aerial Flight by Radio Beacon, February 1, 1987 -
- February 01, 1987
- Collections - Artifact
60th Anniversary of the First Guided Aerial Flight by Radio Beacon, February 1, 1987
- "A Builders Instinct" Clip from Interview with Richard Sheridan, November 13, 2019 - Richard Sheridan, CEO and co-founder of Menlo Innovations, was the Fall 2019 Entrepreneur-in-Residence at The Henry Ford, funded by the William Davidson Foundation Initiative for Entrepreneurship. During his interview, Sheridan describes how his career experiences influenced the founding of his software company, where he embraces a unique approach to the office environment, emphasizing teamwork and encouraging joy in the workplace.
- November 13, 2019
- Collections - Artifact
"A Builders Instinct" Clip from Interview with Richard Sheridan, November 13, 2019
Richard Sheridan, CEO and co-founder of Menlo Innovations, was the Fall 2019 Entrepreneur-in-Residence at The Henry Ford, funded by the William Davidson Foundation Initiative for Entrepreneurship. During his interview, Sheridan describes how his career experiences influenced the founding of his software company, where he embraces a unique approach to the office environment, emphasizing teamwork and encouraging joy in the workplace.
- Home Entertainment - The challenges posed by COVID-19 have inspired us to figure out new ways of working — and also of playing. Our entertainment is now focused on what can be enjoyed in and around our homes.
- March 30, 2020
- Collections - Article
Home Entertainment
The challenges posed by COVID-19 have inspired us to figure out new ways of working — and also of playing. Our entertainment is now focused on what can be enjoyed in and around our homes.
- Descriptive Circular of E.S. Frost & Co.'s Turkish Rug Patterns, circa 1891 -
- circa 1891
- Collections - Artifact
Descriptive Circular of E.S. Frost & Co.'s Turkish Rug Patterns, circa 1891
- Elbow Wave Guide, 1940-1946 -
- 1940-1946
- Collections - Artifact
Elbow Wave Guide, 1940-1946
- Guided Tour of the 'Roads of the Pacific' Exhibit, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935 - The Ford building -- the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition -- featured "Roads of the Pacific." Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 realistic reproductions of historic and modern roadways. This photograph shows tourists examining a recreated section of a plank road that negotiated sand dunes between Yuma, Arizona, and San Diego, California.
- 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Guided Tour of the 'Roads of the Pacific' Exhibit, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935
The Ford building -- the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition -- featured "Roads of the Pacific." Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 realistic reproductions of historic and modern roadways. This photograph shows tourists examining a recreated section of a plank road that negotiated sand dunes between Yuma, Arizona, and San Diego, California.