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- "Flat Iron Building #2" by Jose Chardiet, 1994 -
- 1994
- Collections - Artifact
"Flat Iron Building #2" by Jose Chardiet, 1994
- Telegram from Edsel Ford to Thomas Edison regarding Names to Engrave on Ford Engineering Laboratory, May 26, 1924 -
- May 26, 1924
- Collections - Artifact
Telegram from Edsel Ford to Thomas Edison regarding Names to Engrave on Ford Engineering Laboratory, May 26, 1924
- Letter from Thomas Edison to Edsel Ford regarding Names to Engrave on Ford Engineering Laboratory, May 27, 1924 -
- May 27, 1924
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Thomas Edison to Edsel Ford regarding Names to Engrave on Ford Engineering Laboratory, May 27, 1924
- Henry Ford Museum under Construction, September 1929 - Henry Ford commissioned architect Robert O. Derrick to design the museum building for his Edison Institute. By late October 1929 the front portion of the building, inspired by Philadelphia's Independence Hall, was sufficiently completed to host the institute's Light's Golden Jubilee dedication banquet. Construction wasn't fully finished until the mid-1930s.
- September 18, 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Henry Ford Museum under Construction, September 1929
Henry Ford commissioned architect Robert O. Derrick to design the museum building for his Edison Institute. By late October 1929 the front portion of the building, inspired by Philadelphia's Independence Hall, was sufficiently completed to host the institute's Light's Golden Jubilee dedication banquet. Construction wasn't fully finished until the mid-1930s.
- Main Entrance of Henry Ford Museum, November 1929 -
- November 06, 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Main Entrance of Henry Ford Museum, November 1929
- Ford Engineering Laboratory, August 1951, Showing Names Engraved on Facade - When Henry Ford built his Dearborn Engineering Laboratory in 1923-1924, he had the names of people whom he considered great innovators engraved into the facade. Some, like Thomas Edison and the Wright brothers, were well known. Others, like naturalist John Burroughs, were Ford's friends. And some, like marine architect Frank Kirby, for whom Ford apprenticed as a teenager, were personal influences.
- August 13, 1951
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Engineering Laboratory, August 1951, Showing Names Engraved on Facade
When Henry Ford built his Dearborn Engineering Laboratory in 1923-1924, he had the names of people whom he considered great innovators engraved into the facade. Some, like Thomas Edison and the Wright brothers, were well known. Others, like naturalist John Burroughs, were Ford's friends. And some, like marine architect Frank Kirby, for whom Ford apprenticed as a teenager, were personal influences.
- "Atrium" by Jose Chardiet, 1988 -
- 1988
- Collections - Artifact
"Atrium" by Jose Chardiet, 1988
- "Copper Building" by Jose Chardiet, 1994 -
- 1994
- Collections - Artifact
"Copper Building" by Jose Chardiet, 1994
- "Hope St. Silver" by Jose Chardiet, 2006 -
- 2006
- Collections - Artifact
"Hope St. Silver" by Jose Chardiet, 2006
- Henry Ford Museum under Construction, October 1929 - Henry Ford commissioned architect Robert O. Derrick to design the museum building for his Edison Institute. By late October 1929 the front portion of the building, inspired by Philadelphia's Independence Hall, was sufficiently completed to host the institute's Light's Golden Jubilee dedication banquet. Construction wasn't fully finished until the mid-1930s.
- October 16, 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Henry Ford Museum under Construction, October 1929
Henry Ford commissioned architect Robert O. Derrick to design the museum building for his Edison Institute. By late October 1929 the front portion of the building, inspired by Philadelphia's Independence Hall, was sufficiently completed to host the institute's Light's Golden Jubilee dedication banquet. Construction wasn't fully finished until the mid-1930s.