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- Logo for Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, 1988 -
- 1988
- Collections - Artifact
Logo for Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, 1988
- during the Restoration of Henry Ford Museum Clocktower, 2000 -
- May 04, 2000
- Collections - Artifact
during the Restoration of Henry Ford Museum Clocktower, 2000
- Gilding the Weathervane Atop Henry Ford Museum Clocktower, July 1963 - Weathervanes had become obsolete by 1929, the year Henry Ford completed his museum in Dearborn, Michigan. By then, most Americans could hear weather reports on the radio or read them in daily newspapers. But weathervanes remained popular as decorative architectural elements. A worker freshened up the ornamental weathervane atop Ford's museum clocktower in 1963 with a coat of gold leaf.
- July 01, 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Gilding the Weathervane Atop Henry Ford Museum Clocktower, July 1963
Weathervanes had become obsolete by 1929, the year Henry Ford completed his museum in Dearborn, Michigan. By then, most Americans could hear weather reports on the radio or read them in daily newspapers. But weathervanes remained popular as decorative architectural elements. A worker freshened up the ornamental weathervane atop Ford's museum clocktower in 1963 with a coat of gold leaf.
- Henry Ford Museum, circa 1932 -
- circa 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Henry Ford Museum, circa 1932
- Gilding the Weathervane Atop Henry Ford Museum Clocktower, May 1963 - Weathervanes had become obsolete by 1929, the year Henry Ford completed his museum in Dearborn, Michigan. By then, most Americans could hear weather reports on the radio or read them in daily newspapers. But weathervanes remained popular as decorative architectural elements. A worker freshened up the ornamental weathervane atop Ford's museum clocktower in 1963 with a coat of gold leaf.
- May 01, 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Gilding the Weathervane Atop Henry Ford Museum Clocktower, May 1963
Weathervanes had become obsolete by 1929, the year Henry Ford completed his museum in Dearborn, Michigan. By then, most Americans could hear weather reports on the radio or read them in daily newspapers. But weathervanes remained popular as decorative architectural elements. A worker freshened up the ornamental weathervane atop Ford's museum clocktower in 1963 with a coat of gold leaf.
- Henry Ford Museum, circa 1934 - Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
- circa 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Henry Ford Museum, circa 1934
Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
- Visitors Exiting Henry Ford Museum, June 1933 -
- June 25, 1933
- Collections - Artifact
Visitors Exiting Henry Ford Museum, June 1933
- Henry Ford Museum, 1965 -
- 1965
- Collections - Artifact
Henry Ford Museum, 1965
- Main Entrance of Henry Ford Museum, November 1929 -
- November 06, 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Main Entrance of Henry Ford Museum, November 1929
- Clockwork inside Henry Ford Museum Clock Tower, 1929 -
- 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Clockwork inside Henry Ford Museum Clock Tower, 1929