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- Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery in Greenfield Village, June 2002 - Constructed in Greenfield Village, this building was an experimental soybean research laboratory during the 1930s. Henry Ford was looking for ways that farmers could use crops for industrial purposes, especially in the manufacture of car parts. Special equipment was designed here to process soybeans into oil and meal. Today, this building houses agricultural implements from the museum's collections.
- June 25, 2002
- Collections - Artifact
Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery in Greenfield Village, June 2002
Constructed in Greenfield Village, this building was an experimental soybean research laboratory during the 1930s. Henry Ford was looking for ways that farmers could use crops for industrial purposes, especially in the manufacture of car parts. Special equipment was designed here to process soybeans into oil and meal. Today, this building houses agricultural implements from the museum's collections.
- Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery in Greenfield Village, June 2002 - Constructed in Greenfield Village, this building was an experimental soybean research laboratory during the 1930s. Henry Ford was looking for ways that farmers could use crops for industrial purposes, especially in the manufacture of car parts. Special equipment was designed here to process soybeans into oil and meal. Today, this building houses agricultural implements from the museum's collections.
- June 25, 2002
- Collections - Artifact
Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery in Greenfield Village, June 2002
Constructed in Greenfield Village, this building was an experimental soybean research laboratory during the 1930s. Henry Ford was looking for ways that farmers could use crops for industrial purposes, especially in the manufacture of car parts. Special equipment was designed here to process soybeans into oil and meal. Today, this building houses agricultural implements from the museum's collections.
- 1967 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 560 - Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, and drivers. This shot shows events surrounding the 1967 Indianapolis 500. Parnelli Jones dominated with the turbine-powered #40 car, but a bearing failed him with four laps to go. A.J. Foyt won with the #14 Coyote-Ford.
- May 01, 1967
- Collections - Artifact
1967 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 560
Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, and drivers. This shot shows events surrounding the 1967 Indianapolis 500. Parnelli Jones dominated with the turbine-powered #40 car, but a bearing failed him with four laps to go. A.J. Foyt won with the #14 Coyote-Ford.
- Letter to John Burroughs from Stanley Tracy, a Student Thanking Him for a Nature Walk, May 16, 1901 - In May 1901, John Burroughs traveled to the State Normal School in New Paltz, New York, to share his love of nature with the students. On a hike he discussed the local landscape and made observations about the natural world -- the group even found a quail's nest with eggs. Students later wrote thank you notes and invited Burroughs back for a future visit.
- May 16, 1901
- Collections - Artifact
Letter to John Burroughs from Stanley Tracy, a Student Thanking Him for a Nature Walk, May 16, 1901
In May 1901, John Burroughs traveled to the State Normal School in New Paltz, New York, to share his love of nature with the students. On a hike he discussed the local landscape and made observations about the natural world -- the group even found a quail's nest with eggs. Students later wrote thank you notes and invited Burroughs back for a future visit.
- Henry Ford outside Ford Motor Company Nankin Mills Plant, circa 1921 - In the early 1920s, Henry Ford set up small-scale factories throughout southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local residents -- ideally farmers who could maintain their farms when not working at the factory -- and supplied Ford with tools and vehicle parts. Nankin Mills was one of the first plants. The converted gristmill initially made screws and later became a stenciling plant for Ford.
- circa 1921
- Collections - Artifact
Henry Ford outside Ford Motor Company Nankin Mills Plant, circa 1921
In the early 1920s, Henry Ford set up small-scale factories throughout southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local residents -- ideally farmers who could maintain their farms when not working at the factory -- and supplied Ford with tools and vehicle parts. Nankin Mills was one of the first plants. The converted gristmill initially made screws and later became a stenciling plant for Ford.
- "Living Roof" at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 2004 - While upgrading its Rouge plant in 2002, Ford Motor Company installed a 454,000-square-foot "living roof" on the factory's final assembly building. The roof was covered with sedum, a drought-resistant flowering plant that collected and filtered stormwater runoff. It also served as an insulator, keeping the building ten degrees warmer in winter and ten degrees cooler in summer.
- circa 2004
- Collections - Artifact
"Living Roof" at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 2004
While upgrading its Rouge plant in 2002, Ford Motor Company installed a 454,000-square-foot "living roof" on the factory's final assembly building. The roof was covered with sedum, a drought-resistant flowering plant that collected and filtered stormwater runoff. It also served as an insulator, keeping the building ten degrees warmer in winter and ten degrees cooler in summer.
- Player's 200 Race, Mosport Park, Canada, June 1964 - Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, drivers, and teams. This photo is from the 1964 Player's 200 Race, held at Canada's Mosport Park near Toronto, Ontario, on June 6. Bruce McLaren earned the overall win with his Oldsmobile-powered #47 Zerex Special.
- 05 June 1964 - 06 June 1964
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Player's 200 Race, Mosport Park, Canada, June 1964
Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, drivers, and teams. This photo is from the 1964 Player's 200 Race, held at Canada's Mosport Park near Toronto, Ontario, on June 6. Bruce McLaren earned the overall win with his Oldsmobile-powered #47 Zerex Special.
- Player's 200 Race, Mosport Park, Canada, June 1964 - Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, drivers, and teams. This photo is from the 1964 Player's 200 Race, held at Canada's Mosport Park near Toronto, Ontario, on June 6. Bruce McLaren earned the overall win with his Oldsmobile-powered #47 Zerex Special.
- 05 June 1964 - 06 June 1964
- Collections - Artifact
Player's 200 Race, Mosport Park, Canada, June 1964
Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, drivers, and teams. This photo is from the 1964 Player's 200 Race, held at Canada's Mosport Park near Toronto, Ontario, on June 6. Bruce McLaren earned the overall win with his Oldsmobile-powered #47 Zerex Special.
- Book Display at the Inkster High School Senior Banquet, May 2, 1940 - During the Great Depression, Ford Motor Company made efforts to improve living conditions in Inkster, Michigan, a primarily Black community hit especially hard by the economic crisis. Ford built a high school, repaired homes, established a medical clinic, and opened a low-price commissary. Improvements were funded through involuntary paycheck deductions from Inkster residents employed at Ford's nearby Rouge plant.
- May 02, 1940
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Book Display at the Inkster High School Senior Banquet, May 2, 1940
During the Great Depression, Ford Motor Company made efforts to improve living conditions in Inkster, Michigan, a primarily Black community hit especially hard by the economic crisis. Ford built a high school, repaired homes, established a medical clinic, and opened a low-price commissary. Improvements were funded through involuntary paycheck deductions from Inkster residents employed at Ford's nearby Rouge plant.
- Program of Events for the Dedication of the Harvey S. Firestone Farm in Greenfield Village," June 29, 1985 - In 1983, the Firestone family donated their circa 1828 Columbiana County, Ohio, farmstead to Greenfield Village. The farm had been the boyhood home of Harvey Firestone, who later became a tire and rubber magnate and friend of Henry Ford. On June 29, 1985, descendants of Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone along with former U.S. President Gerald Ford helped dedicate the newly installed farm.
- June 29, 1985
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Program of Events for the Dedication of the Harvey S. Firestone Farm in Greenfield Village," June 29, 1985
In 1983, the Firestone family donated their circa 1828 Columbiana County, Ohio, farmstead to Greenfield Village. The farm had been the boyhood home of Harvey Firestone, who later became a tire and rubber magnate and friend of Henry Ford. On June 29, 1985, descendants of Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone along with former U.S. President Gerald Ford helped dedicate the newly installed farm.