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- Village Herb Associates: 45 Years and Growing Strong - Volunteer gardeners have shared their green thumbs with The Henry Ford for decades. It began when Mary Thompson Gerathy, a teacher, herbalist, and traveler, asked if she could use a garden plot in Greenfield Village to grow plants for the herb classes she taught. It developed into the Village Herb Associates, an organization that illustrates how passionate gardeners laid the foundation for a mutually beneficial community-museum partnership.
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- December 15, 2025
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Village Herb Associates: 45 Years and Growing Strong
Volunteer gardeners have shared their green thumbs with The Henry Ford for decades. It began when Mary Thompson Gerathy, a teacher, herbalist, and traveler, asked if she could use a garden plot in Greenfield Village to grow plants for the herb classes she taught. It developed into the Village Herb Associates, an organization that illustrates how passionate gardeners laid the foundation for a mutually beneficial community-museum partnership.
- Schaffer & Budenberg Thompson Indicator -
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Schaffer & Budenberg Thompson Indicator
- 1960 Buck & Thompson Slingshot Dragster - Sam Buck and Bob Thompson built this car in 1960. They bought the chassis as a kit, and the 1948 Ford engine was highly modified with special cylinder heads, crank, pistons, magneto, camshaft, and fuel injectors. In this style of dragster, popular from the mid-1950s through the early 1970s, the driver sat behind the rear wheels "like a rock in a slingshot."
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1960 Buck & Thompson Slingshot Dragster
Sam Buck and Bob Thompson built this car in 1960. They bought the chassis as a kit, and the 1948 Ford engine was highly modified with special cylinder heads, crank, pistons, magneto, camshaft, and fuel injectors. In this style of dragster, popular from the mid-1950s through the early 1970s, the driver sat behind the rear wheels "like a rock in a slingshot."
- Gary Congdon in Mickey Thompson's Wynn Charger Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967 - Wisconsin-born Gary Congdon competed in 28 USAC Championship Car races from 1965 to 1967. He made one appearance at the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 25th place at the 1966 race. He failed to qualify for Indy in 1967. Congdon was killed in a midget car race at Terra Haute, Indiana, in September 1967.
- May 01, 1967
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Gary Congdon in Mickey Thompson's Wynn Charger Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967
Wisconsin-born Gary Congdon competed in 28 USAC Championship Car races from 1965 to 1967. He made one appearance at the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 25th place at the 1966 race. He failed to qualify for Indy in 1967. Congdon was killed in a midget car race at Terra Haute, Indiana, in September 1967.
- Gary Congdon in Mickey Thompson's Wynn Charger Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967 - Wisconsin-born Gary Congdon competed in 28 USAC Championship Car races from 1965 to 1967. He made one appearance at the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 25th place at the 1966 race. He failed to qualify for Indy in 1967. Congdon was killed in a midget car race at Terra Haute, Indiana, in September 1967.
- May 01, 1967
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Gary Congdon in Mickey Thompson's Wynn Charger Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967
Wisconsin-born Gary Congdon competed in 28 USAC Championship Car races from 1965 to 1967. He made one appearance at the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 25th place at the 1966 race. He failed to qualify for Indy in 1967. Congdon was killed in a midget car race at Terra Haute, Indiana, in September 1967.
- Sammy Sessions in Mickey Thompson's Spit-Fire Special Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967 - Sammy Sessions competed in the USAC Championship Car series from 1965-1975. He started in 62 races, including seven appearances in the Indianapolis 500, and earned 21 top-ten finishes. Sessions made his personal-best fourth-place Indy 500 finish in 1972, and he earned a USAC Sprint Car Series championship that same year. Sessions was killed in a snowmobile racing accident in 1977.
- May 01, 1967
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Sammy Sessions in Mickey Thompson's Spit-Fire Special Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967
Sammy Sessions competed in the USAC Championship Car series from 1965-1975. He started in 62 races, including seven appearances in the Indianapolis 500, and earned 21 top-ten finishes. Sessions made his personal-best fourth-place Indy 500 finish in 1972, and he earned a USAC Sprint Car Series championship that same year. Sessions was killed in a snowmobile racing accident in 1977.
- Sammy Sessions in Mickey Thompson's Spit-Fire Special Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967 - Sammy Sessions competed in the USAC Championship Car series from 1965-1975. He started in 62 races, including seven appearances in the Indianapolis 500, and earned 21 top-ten finishes. Sessions made his personal-best fourth-place Indy 500 finish in 1972, and he earned a USAC Sprint Car Series championship that same year. Sessions was killed in a snowmobile racing accident in 1977.
- May 01, 1967
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Sammy Sessions in Mickey Thompson's Spit-Fire Special Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967
Sammy Sessions competed in the USAC Championship Car series from 1965-1975. He started in 62 races, including seven appearances in the Indianapolis 500, and earned 21 top-ten finishes. Sessions made his personal-best fourth-place Indy 500 finish in 1972, and he earned a USAC Sprint Car Series championship that same year. Sessions was killed in a snowmobile racing accident in 1977.
- Gary Congdon in Mickey Thompson's Wynn Charger Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967 - Wisconsin-born Gary Congdon competed in 28 USAC Championship Car races from 1965 to 1967. He made one appearance at the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 25th place at the 1966 race. He failed to qualify for Indy in 1967. Congdon was killed in a midget car race at Terra Haute, Indiana, in September 1967.
- May 01, 1967
- Collections - Artifact
Gary Congdon in Mickey Thompson's Wynn Charger Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967
Wisconsin-born Gary Congdon competed in 28 USAC Championship Car races from 1965 to 1967. He made one appearance at the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 25th place at the 1966 race. He failed to qualify for Indy in 1967. Congdon was killed in a midget car race at Terra Haute, Indiana, in September 1967.
- Gary Congdon in Mickey Thompson's Wynn Charger Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967 - Wisconsin-born Gary Congdon competed in 28 USAC Championship Car races from 1965 to 1967. He made one appearance at the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 25th place at the 1966 race. He failed to qualify for Indy in 1967. Congdon was killed in a midget car race at Terra Haute, Indiana, in September 1967.
- May 01, 1967
- Collections - Artifact
Gary Congdon in Mickey Thompson's Wynn Charger Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967
Wisconsin-born Gary Congdon competed in 28 USAC Championship Car races from 1965 to 1967. He made one appearance at the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 25th place at the 1966 race. He failed to qualify for Indy in 1967. Congdon was killed in a midget car race at Terra Haute, Indiana, in September 1967.
- Gary Congdon in Mickey Thompson's Wynn Charger Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967 - Wisconsin-born Gary Congdon competed in 28 USAC Championship Car races from 1965 to 1967. He made one appearance at the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 25th place at the 1966 race. He failed to qualify for Indy in 1967. Congdon was killed in a midget car race at Terra Haute, Indiana, in September 1967.
- May 01, 1967
- Collections - Artifact
Gary Congdon in Mickey Thompson's Wynn Charger Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967
Wisconsin-born Gary Congdon competed in 28 USAC Championship Car races from 1965 to 1967. He made one appearance at the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 25th place at the 1966 race. He failed to qualify for Indy in 1967. Congdon was killed in a midget car race at Terra Haute, Indiana, in September 1967.