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- Giddings Family Home during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, May 2003 - By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
- May 01, 2003
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Giddings Family Home during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, May 2003
By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
- Information Booklet, "Christmas at Greenfield Village 1964" - In the 1950s and 1960s, Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum introduced a series of special events to broaden audience appeal. "Christmas at Greenfield Village" debuted in the 1960s. Guests could board a sleigh or carriage to begin their daytime visit of historic buildings decked out with Christmas greenery. Various village homes presented a nostalgic array of Christmas traditions from the past.
- 1964
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Information Booklet, "Christmas at Greenfield Village 1964"
In the 1950s and 1960s, Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum introduced a series of special events to broaden audience appeal. "Christmas at Greenfield Village" debuted in the 1960s. Guests could board a sleigh or carriage to begin their daytime visit of historic buildings decked out with Christmas greenery. Various village homes presented a nostalgic array of Christmas traditions from the past.
- Ford V-8 Five Window Coupe in Greenfield Village, August 1935 - Ford Motor Company restyled the front ends on its models for 1936. The vertical-bar grille wrapped farther around the hood sides, and horns on DeLuxe models were set behind screens in the front fenders. New hood side louvers and front vents provided better engine cooling. The standard two-door sedan started at $520. Calendar year production totaled 791,812 units.
- August 26, 1935
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Ford V-8 Five Window Coupe in Greenfield Village, August 1935
Ford Motor Company restyled the front ends on its models for 1936. The vertical-bar grille wrapped farther around the hood sides, and horns on DeLuxe models were set behind screens in the front fenders. New hood side louvers and front vents provided better engine cooling. The standard two-door sedan started at $520. Calendar year production totaled 791,812 units.
- John Giddings House - Original Site - Exterior - Item 3 - John Giddings, a merchant who earned a good living in the West Indies trade, built this upscale New England house in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1751. Henry Ford purchased the house in 1928 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Before dismantling the house, Ford's employees documented the structure by collecting historic images and photographing the house at its original location.
- 1929
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John Giddings House - Original Site - Exterior - Item 3
John Giddings, a merchant who earned a good living in the West Indies trade, built this upscale New England house in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1751. Henry Ford purchased the house in 1928 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Before dismantling the house, Ford's employees documented the structure by collecting historic images and photographing the house at its original location.
- Furniture for Secretary House (Giddings Family Home) Staged in Henry Ford Museum, March 1933 -
- March 06, 1933
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Furniture for Secretary House (Giddings Family Home) Staged in Henry Ford Museum, March 1933
- Giddings Family Home - John Giddings was a merchant who earned a good living in the West Indies trade. Giddings lived here with his wife and five children. He built this grand house in 1751 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Its plan was typical of upscale New England houses of its time, with a multi-purpose hall and parlor on the first floor and two bedrooms above.
- circa 1750
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Giddings Family Home
John Giddings was a merchant who earned a good living in the West Indies trade. Giddings lived here with his wife and five children. He built this grand house in 1751 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Its plan was typical of upscale New England houses of its time, with a multi-purpose hall and parlor on the first floor and two bedrooms above.
- Giddings Family Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - John Giddings was a merchant who earned a good living in the West Indies trade. Giddings lived here with his wife and five children. He built this grand house in 1751 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Its plan was typical of upscale New England houses of its time, with a multi-purpose hall and parlor on the first floor and two bedrooms above.
- September 01, 2007
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Giddings Family Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007
John Giddings was a merchant who earned a good living in the West Indies trade. Giddings lived here with his wife and five children. He built this grand house in 1751 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Its plan was typical of upscale New England houses of its time, with a multi-purpose hall and parlor on the first floor and two bedrooms above.
- Giddings Family Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - John Giddings was a merchant who earned a good living in the West Indies trade. Giddings lived here with his wife and five children. He built this grand house in 1751 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Its plan was typical of upscale New England houses of its time, with a multi-purpose hall and parlor on the first floor and two bedrooms above.
- September 01, 2007
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Giddings Family Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007
John Giddings was a merchant who earned a good living in the West Indies trade. Giddings lived here with his wife and five children. He built this grand house in 1751 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Its plan was typical of upscale New England houses of its time, with a multi-purpose hall and parlor on the first floor and two bedrooms above.
- Maple Lane Being Paved during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, April 2003 - By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
- April 01, 2003
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Maple Lane Being Paved during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, April 2003
By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
- John Giddings House - Original Site - Exterior - Item 2 - John Giddings, a merchant who earned a good living in the West Indies trade, built this upscale New England house in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1751. Henry Ford purchased the house in 1928 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Before dismantling the house, Ford's employees documented the structure by collecting historic images and photographing the house at its original location.
- 1929
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John Giddings House - Original Site - Exterior - Item 2
John Giddings, a merchant who earned a good living in the West Indies trade, built this upscale New England house in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1751. Henry Ford purchased the house in 1928 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Before dismantling the house, Ford's employees documented the structure by collecting historic images and photographing the house at its original location.