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- First Snowfall in Greenfield Village, December 1934 -
- December 06, 1934
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First Snowfall in Greenfield Village, December 1934
- Aerial View of Greenfield Village, 1939 - Henry Ford's Edison Institute was ten years old when this aerial photograph was taken in 1939. Greenfield Village grew considerably in its first decade. Notable additions included the Sir John Bennett store, added in 1931, and the Wright Cycle Shop and Wright Home, completed in 1938. All three buildings are visible near the center of the photo.
- July 18, 1939
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Aerial View of Greenfield Village, 1939
Henry Ford's Edison Institute was ten years old when this aerial photograph was taken in 1939. Greenfield Village grew considerably in its first decade. Notable additions included the Sir John Bennett store, added in 1931, and the Wright Cycle Shop and Wright Home, completed in 1938. All three buildings are visible near the center of the photo.
- Pictorial Map of Edison Institute Museum & Historical Greenfield Village, 1934 - This 1934 map illustrated Greenfield Village's layout five years after the Edison Institute's dedication and one year after the village opened to the public. Many buildings had already been added, and streets had been named. The steamboat <em>Suwanee</em> was shown at the top center, but the circular Suwanee Lagoon would not be dredged until 1937.
- 1934
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Pictorial Map of Edison Institute Museum & Historical Greenfield Village, 1934
This 1934 map illustrated Greenfield Village's layout five years after the Edison Institute's dedication and one year after the village opened to the public. Many buildings had already been added, and streets had been named. The steamboat Suwanee was shown at the top center, but the circular Suwanee Lagoon would not be dredged until 1937.
- Reconstructed Fort Myers Laboratory in Greenfield Village, 1928 - Thomas Edison built this laboratory building at his winter home in Ft. Myers, Florida. In 1929 Henry Ford moved it to his new museum, Greenfield Village. In 1930 he used the Ft. Myers building for his own latest project. Ford put a small team of engineers in the lab and directed them in designing the new Ford V-8 engine.
- September 26, 1928
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Reconstructed Fort Myers Laboratory in Greenfield Village, 1928
Thomas Edison built this laboratory building at his winter home in Ft. Myers, Florida. In 1929 Henry Ford moved it to his new museum, Greenfield Village. In 1930 he used the Ft. Myers building for his own latest project. Ford put a small team of engineers in the lab and directed them in designing the new Ford V-8 engine.
- Aerial View of Greenfield Village, circa 1932 - Auto magnate Henry Ford established the Edison Institute in 1929 as a teaching institution, but it drew immediate and widespread interest from the public. In 1933, just a year after this photograph was taken, Ford would open his museum and historical village to ticketed visitors.
- circa 1932
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Aerial View of Greenfield Village, circa 1932
Auto magnate Henry Ford established the Edison Institute in 1929 as a teaching institution, but it drew immediate and widespread interest from the public. In 1933, just a year after this photograph was taken, Ford would open his museum and historical village to ticketed visitors.
- Panoramic View of Greenfield Village under Construction, September 18, 1929 -
- September 18, 1929
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Panoramic View of Greenfield Village under Construction, September 18, 1929
- Aerial View of Greenfield Village, October 1929 - This photograph shows Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, on October 12, 1929. Moving inward from the bottom right are the Rouge River, Michigan Avenue, two Michigan Central Railroad tracks, and a special Greenfield Village spur. The formal dedication of the village would take place just nine days later.
- October 12, 1929
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Aerial View of Greenfield Village, October 1929
This photograph shows Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, on October 12, 1929. Moving inward from the bottom right are the Rouge River, Michigan Avenue, two Michigan Central Railroad tracks, and a special Greenfield Village spur. The formal dedication of the village would take place just nine days later.
- Menlo Park Complex, Greenfield Village, 1933 -
- March 01, 1933
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Menlo Park Complex, Greenfield Village, 1933
- Aerial View of Greenfield Village, 1935 - Auto magnate Henry Ford established the Edison Institute as a teaching institution in 1929. Ford finally relented to persistent demands to open his museum and historical village to the public in 1933. This image shows Greenfield Village just two years later, in 1935.
- August 28, 1935
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Aerial View of Greenfield Village, 1935
Auto magnate Henry Ford established the Edison Institute as a teaching institution in 1929. Ford finally relented to persistent demands to open his museum and historical village to the public in 1933. This image shows Greenfield Village just two years later, in 1935.
- Soybean Laboratory in Greenfield Village, 1930 - Henry Ford believed that industry and agriculture should complement one another. In the 1930s, he pursued soybeans as a crop that might unite the two. Ford built a soybean laboratory in Greenfield Village. Experiments there led to the use of some soy-based oils and plastics in Ford Motor Company vehicles.
- 1930
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Soybean Laboratory in Greenfield Village, 1930
Henry Ford believed that industry and agriculture should complement one another. In the 1930s, he pursued soybeans as a crop that might unite the two. Ford built a soybean laboratory in Greenfield Village. Experiments there led to the use of some soy-based oils and plastics in Ford Motor Company vehicles.