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- Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia, The East Front, circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
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Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia, The East Front, circa 1950
- Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth Massachusetts, 1925 -
- 1920-1925
- Collections - Artifact
Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth Massachusetts, 1925
- Grave of Captain Miles Standish, 1926 -
- 1920-1926
- Collections - Artifact
Grave of Captain Miles Standish, 1926
- Escorted Pageant Tours of Britain, Spring/Summer/Fall 1966 -
- 1966
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Escorted Pageant Tours of Britain, Spring/Summer/Fall 1966
- Side Chair, Used in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois Home, 1845-1860 - Mary and Abraham Lincoln often hosted dinners and parties at their Springfield, Illinois, home. This light and stylish chair, one of a set of six, would have provided convenient seating for guests. When the Lincolns left for the White House in 1861, Harry Wilton, an acquaintance of the Lincolns, bought the set of chairs. The set was later purchased by Henry Ford from Wilton's descendants.
- 1845-1860
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Side Chair, Used in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois Home, 1845-1860
Mary and Abraham Lincoln often hosted dinners and parties at their Springfield, Illinois, home. This light and stylish chair, one of a set of six, would have provided convenient seating for guests. When the Lincolns left for the White House in 1861, Harry Wilton, an acquaintance of the Lincolns, bought the set of chairs. The set was later purchased by Henry Ford from Wilton's descendants.
- Boy Scout Troop 1789 of Lexington Park, Maryland Unveiling Susquehanna Marker, 1976 -
- 1976
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Boy Scout Troop 1789 of Lexington Park, Maryland Unveiling Susquehanna Marker, 1976
- "Lincoln National Memorial near Hodgenville, KY," 1930-1942 Postcard - By the early 20th century, the real Abraham Lincoln had long since faded from people's memory. A new generation of Americans had come of age who only knew the stories, the myths, the legends. This generation transformed Lincoln the man into Lincoln the hero. This first memorial to Lincoln, enshrining his birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky, was dedicated in 1911.
- 1930-1942
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"Lincoln National Memorial near Hodgenville, KY," 1930-1942 Postcard
By the early 20th century, the real Abraham Lincoln had long since faded from people's memory. A new generation of Americans had come of age who only knew the stories, the myths, the legends. This generation transformed Lincoln the man into Lincoln the hero. This first memorial to Lincoln, enshrining his birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky, was dedicated in 1911.
- Henry Ford, John Burroughs and Frank Sanborn at Thoreau's Grave, Concord, Massachusetts, September 1913 - In 1913, naturalist John Burroughs and industrialist Henry Ford visited Concord, Massachusetts, where two of Burroughs's early literary influences -- Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau -- once resided. Ford, Burroughs and their traveling companions visited Emerson's home, Walden Pond and the gravesites of the two 19th-century Transcendentalists. Frank Sanborn, a Burroughs acquaintance and friend of Emerson and Thoreau, served as guide for the distinguished visitors.
- September 01, 1913
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Henry Ford, John Burroughs and Frank Sanborn at Thoreau's Grave, Concord, Massachusetts, September 1913
In 1913, naturalist John Burroughs and industrialist Henry Ford visited Concord, Massachusetts, where two of Burroughs's early literary influences -- Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau -- once resided. Ford, Burroughs and their traveling companions visited Emerson's home, Walden Pond and the gravesites of the two 19th-century Transcendentalists. Frank Sanborn, a Burroughs acquaintance and friend of Emerson and Thoreau, served as guide for the distinguished visitors.
- Henry Ford, John Burroughs and Frank Sanborn at Walden Pond, August 1913 - In 1913, naturalist John Burroughs and industrialist Henry Ford visited Concord, Massachusetts, where two of Burroughs's early literary influences -- Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau -- once resided. Ford, Burroughs and their traveling companions visited Emerson's home, Walden Pond and the gravesites of the two 19th-century Transcendentalists. Frank Sanborn, a Burroughs acquaintance and friend of Emerson and Thoreau, served as guide for the distinguished visitors.
- August 31, 1913
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Henry Ford, John Burroughs and Frank Sanborn at Walden Pond, August 1913
In 1913, naturalist John Burroughs and industrialist Henry Ford visited Concord, Massachusetts, where two of Burroughs's early literary influences -- Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau -- once resided. Ford, Burroughs and their traveling companions visited Emerson's home, Walden Pond and the gravesites of the two 19th-century Transcendentalists. Frank Sanborn, a Burroughs acquaintance and friend of Emerson and Thoreau, served as guide for the distinguished visitors.
- Henry Ford, Glen Buck and John Burroughs at Walden Pond, 1913 - Henry Ford read and admired the works of John Burroughs. In the early 1910s, Ford sought out the internationally known naturalist and writer and the two became friends. Ford and Burroughs bonded over their love of birds and nature. They often visited each another and traveled together with mutual friends. This photo shows the pair with Glen Buck, editor of the <EM>Ford Times</EM>.
- August 31, 1913
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Henry Ford, Glen Buck and John Burroughs at Walden Pond, 1913
Henry Ford read and admired the works of John Burroughs. In the early 1910s, Ford sought out the internationally known naturalist and writer and the two became friends. Ford and Burroughs bonded over their love of birds and nature. They often visited each another and traveled together with mutual friends. This photo shows the pair with Glen Buck, editor of the Ford Times.