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- Social Transformation - Social transformation involves a shift in the collective consciousness of a society. It occurs when people create change through new patterns of behavior or social action. This can include political shifts, social movements, economic change, changing systems of beliefs and values, new patterns of racial relations, or a rethinking of personal and collective identities. This set explores socially transformative artifacts across our collection.
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Social Transformation
Social transformation involves a shift in the collective consciousness of a society. It occurs when people create change through new patterns of behavior or social action. This can include political shifts, social movements, economic change, changing systems of beliefs and values, new patterns of racial relations, or a rethinking of personal and collective identities. This set explores socially transformative artifacts across our collection.
- Social Transformation -
- May 04, 2020
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Social Transformation
- #InnovationNation: Social Transformation - Take a look at some of our favorite segments from The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation highlighting social transformation, including the Rosa Parks bus, female aviators, and World War II B-24 bombers built at Ford's Willow Run plant.
- April 14, 2020
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#InnovationNation: Social Transformation
Take a look at some of our favorite segments from The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation highlighting social transformation, including the Rosa Parks bus, female aviators, and World War II B-24 bombers built at Ford's Willow Run plant.
- "Hill's Manual of Social and Business Reforms," 1880 -
- 1880
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"Hill's Manual of Social and Business Reforms," 1880
- "Transformation 1927" by Lillian F. Schwartz, 1994 - Lillian Schwartz is a pioneer of computer-generated art. From 1969-2002, she was a "resident visitor" at Bell Laboratories, producing groundbreaking films, videos, and multimedia works. The Schwartz Collection spans Lillian's childhood into her late career, documenting an expansive mindset, mastery over traditional and experimental mediums alike--and above all--an ability to create inspirational connections between science, art, and technology.
- 1994
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"Transformation 1927" by Lillian F. Schwartz, 1994
Lillian Schwartz is a pioneer of computer-generated art. From 1969-2002, she was a "resident visitor" at Bell Laboratories, producing groundbreaking films, videos, and multimedia works. The Schwartz Collection spans Lillian's childhood into her late career, documenting an expansive mindset, mastery over traditional and experimental mediums alike--and above all--an ability to create inspirational connections between science, art, and technology.
- Struggle, Setbacks, and Social Transformation - Discover how and why The Henry Ford is partnering with Detroit Historical Society to recognize the 50th anniversary of the tumultuous summer of 1967 in Detroit.
- February 22, 2017
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Struggle, Setbacks, and Social Transformation
Discover how and why The Henry Ford is partnering with Detroit Historical Society to recognize the 50th anniversary of the tumultuous summer of 1967 in Detroit.
- Public Service Poster, "Social Distance Machine," 2020 -
- 2020
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Public Service Poster, "Social Distance Machine," 2020
- Public Service Poster, "Social Distancing Machine," 2020 -
- 2020
- Collections - Artifact
Public Service Poster, "Social Distancing Machine," 2020
- Spark Transformer, 1916 -
- 1916
- Collections - Artifact
Spark Transformer, 1916
- Trade Card Advertising a Social Dance, Letcher's Opera House, Fayette, Ohio, 1880 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, promoters used a popular medium--trade cards--to announce shows, activities, and community events. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements, which survive as historical records of leisure in the United States.
- October 15, 1880
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Trade Card Advertising a Social Dance, Letcher's Opera House, Fayette, Ohio, 1880
In the last third of the nineteenth century, promoters used a popular medium--trade cards--to announce shows, activities, and community events. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements, which survive as historical records of leisure in the United States.