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- Guide Marie Hamilton in Greenfield Village with Visiting Russian Technical Educators, May 3, 1962 - The parents of Marie Hamilton (1922-1991) fled Russia, moving to Bulgaria, where Maria was born. The following year, the family moved to the US and settled in Detroit. Marie became a part-time guide at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in 1952. Twelve years later, she worked full-time, conducting VIP tours for foreign dignitaries (she spoke fluent Russian) and supervising other guides.
- May 03, 1962
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Guide Marie Hamilton in Greenfield Village with Visiting Russian Technical Educators, May 3, 1962
The parents of Marie Hamilton (1922-1991) fled Russia, moving to Bulgaria, where Maria was born. The following year, the family moved to the US and settled in Detroit. Marie became a part-time guide at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in 1952. Twelve years later, she worked full-time, conducting VIP tours for foreign dignitaries (she spoke fluent Russian) and supervising other guides.
- Retirement Luncheon for Edison Institute Schools Teacher E. Lucile Webster, 1969 - E. (Emma) Lucile Webster (1902-1993) taught in one-room schoolhouses for most of her teaching career. In 1932, Henry Ford hired her to teach at the Edison Institure Schools in the one-room Scotch Settlement School, where Webster spent most of the next 47 years. She retired in 1969, the year the Institute's schools closed. Webster stands with the last sixth grade class in this photograph.
- 1969
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Retirement Luncheon for Edison Institute Schools Teacher E. Lucile Webster, 1969
E. (Emma) Lucile Webster (1902-1993) taught in one-room schoolhouses for most of her teaching career. In 1932, Henry Ford hired her to teach at the Edison Institure Schools in the one-room Scotch Settlement School, where Webster spent most of the next 47 years. She retired in 1969, the year the Institute's schools closed. Webster stands with the last sixth grade class in this photograph.