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- Sarah Jordan Boarding House during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, November 2002 - 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.
- November 01, 2002
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Sarah Jordan Boarding House during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, November 2002
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.
- Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- September 01, 2007
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Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, September 2007
In 1879, Sarah Jordan ran a boarding house a short walk from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey. Her boarding house was home to more than a dozen unmarried men working at the laboratory. Today, this house and other Menlo Park Complex buildings in Greenfield Village offer visitors a glimpse into the lives of those who developed and witnessed the first successful incandescent lamp.
- "Scarecrow" by Sarah Jordan Boarding House during Halloween in Greenfield Village, October 1982 - Visitors have celebrated Hallowe'en in Greenfield Village since 1981. The family-friendly program has evolved over the years, and guests continue to return each October, ready to see hundreds of candle-lit pumpkins or their favorite fairytale or storybook characters. In the program's early years, guests wandered a path through the village. Staff dressed as scarecrows and other Halloween characters helped visitors enjoy the festive event.
- October 30, 1982
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"Scarecrow" by Sarah Jordan Boarding House during Halloween in Greenfield Village, October 1982
Visitors have celebrated Hallowe'en in Greenfield Village since 1981. The family-friendly program has evolved over the years, and guests continue to return each October, ready to see hundreds of candle-lit pumpkins or their favorite fairytale or storybook characters. In the program's early years, guests wandered a path through the village. Staff dressed as scarecrows and other Halloween characters helped visitors enjoy the festive event.
- Christie Street during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, October 2002 - 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.
- October 01, 2002
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Christie Street during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, October 2002
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.
- Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963 -
- 06 July 1963 - 07 July 1963
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Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963
- Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963 -
- 06 July 1963 - 07 July 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963
- Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963 -
- 06 July 1963 - 07 July 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963
- Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963 -
- 06 July 1963 - 07 July 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963
- Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963 -
- 06 July 1963 - 07 July 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963
- Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963 -
- 06 July 1963 - 07 July 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Great Salt Lake Road Races, July 1963