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- Staff at Opening of the Exhibit, "Henry Ford: A Personal History," in Henry Ford Museum, May 1953 - Henry Ford himself was the focus of <em>Henry Ford: A Personal History</em>. Opened in 1953 during Ford Motor Company's 50th anniversary, the exhibit included artifacts like Westinghouse steam engine No. 345, the fifteen millionth Model T, and a re-creation of Ford's Highland Park office using original furnishings. It was among the museum's first major additions after Ford's death in 1947.
- May 07, 1953
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Staff at Opening of the Exhibit, "Henry Ford: A Personal History," in Henry Ford Museum, May 1953
Henry Ford himself was the focus of Henry Ford: A Personal History. Opened in 1953 during Ford Motor Company's 50th anniversary, the exhibit included artifacts like Westinghouse steam engine No. 345, the fifteen millionth Model T, and a re-creation of Ford's Highland Park office using original furnishings. It was among the museum's first major additions after Ford's death in 1947.
- Henry Ford Museum Staff Studying Early Music Manuscripts, 1951 -
- 1951
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Henry Ford Museum Staff Studying Early Music Manuscripts, 1951
- Henry Ford Museum Staff in Bicentennial Uniforms, 1975 -
- September 16, 1975
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Henry Ford Museum Staff in Bicentennial Uniforms, 1975
- Henry Ford Museum Staff Members and Others Seated on the Ten Seat "Oriten" Bicycle, 1953 - In 1953, Henry Ford Museum staff members -- joined by an eager boy -- posed on the museum's "Oriten" bicycle. The unusual machine was built in 1896 by the Orient Bicycle Company of Waltham, Massachusetts. Described by Orient as a "decemtuple" bicycle, it toured the United States and Europe to promote the company's more conventional single- and double-seat bikes.
- 1953
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Henry Ford Museum Staff Members and Others Seated on the Ten Seat "Oriten" Bicycle, 1953
In 1953, Henry Ford Museum staff members -- joined by an eager boy -- posed on the museum's "Oriten" bicycle. The unusual machine was built in 1896 by the Orient Bicycle Company of Waltham, Massachusetts. Described by Orient as a "decemtuple" bicycle, it toured the United States and Europe to promote the company's more conventional single- and double-seat bikes.
- Staff Parking Lot View from Roof, Henry Ford II World Center, circa 1955 - Ford Motor Company's world headquarters moved to a new 12-story office complex in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1956. Chicago architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the building in the then-popular International Style. Initially called the Central Staff Office Building -- and nicknamed the "Glass House" -- Ford renamed the complex the Henry Ford II World Center in 1996.
- circa 1955
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Staff Parking Lot View from Roof, Henry Ford II World Center, circa 1955
Ford Motor Company's world headquarters moved to a new 12-story office complex in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1956. Chicago architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the building in the then-popular International Style. Initially called the Central Staff Office Building -- and nicknamed the "Glass House" -- Ford renamed the complex the Henry Ford II World Center in 1996.
- Archives Staff Moving Collections from Henry Ford Museum to Lovett Hall, 1980 -
- 1980
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Archives Staff Moving Collections from Henry Ford Museum to Lovett Hall, 1980
- Universal Oil Products Representatives and Henry Ford Museum Staff with the Torch Lake Locomotive, November 1969 - Built by Mason Machine Works in 1873, the steam locomotive <em>Torch Lake</em> was used in copper mining operations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula until 1933. The Henry Ford acquired the locomotive in 1969. After its arrival here, the engine was returned to operating condition and put into service on the Greenfield Village railroad.
- November 01, 1969
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Universal Oil Products Representatives and Henry Ford Museum Staff with the Torch Lake Locomotive, November 1969
Built by Mason Machine Works in 1873, the steam locomotive Torch Lake was used in copper mining operations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula until 1933. The Henry Ford acquired the locomotive in 1969. After its arrival here, the engine was returned to operating condition and put into service on the Greenfield Village railroad.
- Medal Presented to Henry Ford by the Students of the Henry Ford Trade School, 1941 - Henry Ford was not only recognized as an automotive industrialist; during his many years in the public eye he was recognized by many civic and corporate associations. The Henry Ford Trade School, founded in 1916, in the words inscribed on the medal, "provided training and privileges [for] thousands of boys who, otherwise, would have been denied such educational facilities."
- October 25, 1941
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Medal Presented to Henry Ford by the Students of the Henry Ford Trade School, 1941
Henry Ford was not only recognized as an automotive industrialist; during his many years in the public eye he was recognized by many civic and corporate associations. The Henry Ford Trade School, founded in 1916, in the words inscribed on the medal, "provided training and privileges [for] thousands of boys who, otherwise, would have been denied such educational facilities."
- Flag in Greenfield Village Lowered to Half-Staff after Henry Ford's Death, April 1947 - Henry Ford passed away at age 83 on April 7, 1947. This photo shows a student at the Edison Institute School lowering the flag in Ford's memory at Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village. When Ford's body lay in repose at nearby Lovett Hall, people waited in a mile-long line to pay their respects to the automotive pioneer.
- April 01, 1947
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Flag in Greenfield Village Lowered to Half-Staff after Henry Ford's Death, April 1947
Henry Ford passed away at age 83 on April 7, 1947. This photo shows a student at the Edison Institute School lowering the flag in Ford's memory at Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village. When Ford's body lay in repose at nearby Lovett Hall, people waited in a mile-long line to pay their respects to the automotive pioneer.
- Staff of "The Herald," Edison Institute Schools Newspaper, 1951 -
- 1951
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Staff of "The Herald," Edison Institute Schools Newspaper, 1951