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- Digitization Team Favorites - In October 2018, The Henry Ford reached 75,000 artifacts digitized. While this represents just a small fraction of our total collection, the vast majority of the material that has been digitized is not currently on exhibit--which gives you access to materials that might otherwise be hard or impossible to view. In honor of this milestone, members of the digitization team each selected a favorite artifact they have been involved with digitizing.
- November 08, 2018
- Collections - Set
Digitization Team Favorites
In October 2018, The Henry Ford reached 75,000 artifacts digitized. While this represents just a small fraction of our total collection, the vast majority of the material that has been digitized is not currently on exhibit--which gives you access to materials that might otherwise be hard or impossible to view. In honor of this milestone, members of the digitization team each selected a favorite artifact they have been involved with digitizing.
- DEC PDP-11/20 Minicomputer, 1970 - Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP 11 computers were popular, widely used machines in the era before personal computers. These 16-bit minicomputers ("mini" as opposed to the room-sized mainframe computers of the 1950s and '60s) were relatively inexpensive and were used for business (payroll, accounting), scientific, educational, and timesharing purposes. Many Americans were introduced to computing through PDP 11s installed at schools and offices beginning in 1970.
- 1970
- Collections - Artifact
DEC PDP-11/20 Minicomputer, 1970
Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP 11 computers were popular, widely used machines in the era before personal computers. These 16-bit minicomputers ("mini" as opposed to the room-sized mainframe computers of the 1950s and '60s) were relatively inexpensive and were used for business (payroll, accounting), scientific, educational, and timesharing purposes. Many Americans were introduced to computing through PDP 11s installed at schools and offices beginning in 1970.
- When Conservation Met Digitization - Learn how our conservation department is a crucial part of our artifact digitization process through the lens of our Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant work.
- November 10, 2020
- Collections - article
When Conservation Met Digitization
Learn how our conservation department is a crucial part of our artifact digitization process through the lens of our Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant work.
- Digitization and the Loan Process - Go behind the scenes with The Henry Ford's artifact loan program, and learn how our digitization efforts have made our loan process more efficient.
- November 18, 2020
- Collections - article
Digitization and the Loan Process
Go behind the scenes with The Henry Ford's artifact loan program, and learn how our digitization efforts have made our loan process more efficient.
- A Summer of Typewriter Digitization - A summer internship project involves cataloging and cleaning typewriters from the collections of The Henry Ford, in order to digitize them and make them accessible online.
- August 10, 2012
- Collections - article
A Summer of Typewriter Digitization
A summer internship project involves cataloging and cleaning typewriters from the collections of The Henry Ford, in order to digitize them and make them accessible online.
- Halter Top, 1973 -
- 1973
- Collections - Artifact
Halter Top, 1973
- :CueCat Keystroke Automation Technology Barcode Reader, 2000 -
- 2000
- Collections - Artifact
:CueCat Keystroke Automation Technology Barcode Reader, 2000
- Digitizing Entrepreneurship - Learn how The Henry Ford has digitized nearly 2,500 artifacts related to entrepreneurship through the William Davidson Initiative for Entrepreneurship.
- November 04, 2020
- Collections - article
Digitizing Entrepreneurship
Learn how The Henry Ford has digitized nearly 2,500 artifacts related to entrepreneurship through the William Davidson Initiative for Entrepreneurship.
- The Henry Ford’s CAN-DO Digitization Project: 2012 in Review - This overview of the 8,000 artifacts digitized by The Henry Ford in 2012 outlines some of the projects the digitization team tackled and shares helpful links to those digitized items.
- January 15, 2013
- Collections - article
The Henry Ford’s CAN-DO Digitization Project: 2012 in Review
This overview of the 8,000 artifacts digitized by The Henry Ford in 2012 outlines some of the projects the digitization team tackled and shares helpful links to those digitized items.
- #Digitization100K: Wrap-Up and Round-Up - Throughout November 2020, The Henry Ford celebrated reaching 100,000 digitized artifacts. Catch up on any of the related blog posts, fun facts, Twitter chats, and most-viewed artifacts you might have missed in this post!
- November 29, 2020
- Collections - article
#Digitization100K: Wrap-Up and Round-Up
Throughout November 2020, The Henry Ford celebrated reaching 100,000 digitized artifacts. Catch up on any of the related blog posts, fun facts, Twitter chats, and most-viewed artifacts you might have missed in this post!