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- Main Street during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, December 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.
- December 01, 2002
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Main Street during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, December 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.
- Miller School in Greenfield Village, circa 1945 - Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
- circa 1945
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Miller School in Greenfield Village, circa 1945
Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
- Young Henry Ford, circa 1876, with Waterwheel, by Irving R. Bacon, 1935 - Henry Ford had his favorite artist Irving Bacon paint several scenes Henry remembered from his childhood. This painting depicts a dam and a waterwheel Henry and a group of friends installed in a small stream. Behind them is the Miller School building, which a grown up Henry had replicated at Greenfield Village.
- circa 1876
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Young Henry Ford, circa 1876, with Waterwheel, by Irving R. Bacon, 1935
Henry Ford had his favorite artist Irving Bacon paint several scenes Henry remembered from his childhood. This painting depicts a dam and a waterwheel Henry and a group of friends installed in a small stream. Behind them is the Miller School building, which a grown up Henry had replicated at Greenfield Village.
- Henry Ford and Clara Ford in the 1896 Quadricycle in Greenfield Village, May 1946 - Henry and Clara Ford commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Quadricycle by posing for photographs on the vehicle in Greenfield Village. Ford built the Quadricycle in a shed behind a house he and Clara rented on Detroit's Bagley Avenue. Ford's first successful drive in the vehicle took place in the early morning hours of June 4, 1896.
- May 01, 1946
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Henry Ford and Clara Ford in the 1896 Quadricycle in Greenfield Village, May 1946
Henry and Clara Ford commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Quadricycle by posing for photographs on the vehicle in Greenfield Village. Ford built the Quadricycle in a shed behind a house he and Clara rented on Detroit's Bagley Avenue. Ford's first successful drive in the vehicle took place in the early morning hours of June 4, 1896.
- Miller School, Dearborn, Michigan, 1898, Building Later Reproduced in Greenfield Village - During the mid-19th century, the idea of free public schooling became firmly established in America--making access to education available to more children. By the late 19th century, most kids aged 7 to 12 attended public school for a few years--many in one-room rural schools. America's educational structure would continue to grow, offering schooling from kindergarten to high school. By 1918, all states had made school attendance compulsory.
- 1898
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Miller School, Dearborn, Michigan, 1898, Building Later Reproduced in Greenfield Village
During the mid-19th century, the idea of free public schooling became firmly established in America--making access to education available to more children. By the late 19th century, most kids aged 7 to 12 attended public school for a few years--many in one-room rural schools. America's educational structure would continue to grow, offering schooling from kindergarten to high school. By 1918, all states had made school attendance compulsory.
- Miller School--People--Item 04 -
- 1917-1919
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Miller School--People--Item 04
- Henry Ford, Clara Ford, and Henry Ford II with 1896 Ford Quadricycle in Greenfield Village, May 1946 - This photograph commemorates the 50th anniversary of Henry Ford's first automobile, the Quadricycle, in 1946. Posed in his historical outdoor museum -- Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan -- Henry and his wife Clara sit in the vehicle. They are joined by their grandson Henry Ford II, President of Ford Motor Company.
- May 01, 1946
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Henry Ford, Clara Ford, and Henry Ford II with 1896 Ford Quadricycle in Greenfield Village, May 1946
This photograph commemorates the 50th anniversary of Henry Ford's first automobile, the Quadricycle, in 1946. Posed in his historical outdoor museum -- Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan -- Henry and his wife Clara sit in the vehicle. They are joined by their grandson Henry Ford II, President of Ford Motor Company.
- Henry Ford and Clara Ford with the 1896 Ford Quadricycle in Greenfield Village, May 1946 - Henry and Clara Ford commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Quadricycle by posing for photographs on the vehicle in Greenfield Village. Ford built the Quadricycle in a shed behind a house he and Clara rented on Detroit's Bagley Avenue. Ford's first successful drive in the vehicle took place in the early morning hours of June 4, 1896.
- May 01, 1946
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Henry Ford and Clara Ford with the 1896 Ford Quadricycle in Greenfield Village, May 1946
Henry and Clara Ford commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Quadricycle by posing for photographs on the vehicle in Greenfield Village. Ford built the Quadricycle in a shed behind a house he and Clara rented on Detroit's Bagley Avenue. Ford's first successful drive in the vehicle took place in the early morning hours of June 4, 1896.
- Henry Ford, Clara Ford and Henry Ford II with the Ford Quadricycle in Greenfield Village, May 1946 - Henry Ford II helped his grandparents, Henry and Clara Ford, into the 1896 Quadricycle in Greenfield Village in May 1946. The occasion was the "Automobile Golden Jubilee," Detroit's celebration of the auto's 50th anniversary in the city. Henry Ford's Quadricycle, which he first operated in June 1896, was only the second automobile driven in the Motor City.
- May 01, 1946
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Henry Ford, Clara Ford and Henry Ford II with the Ford Quadricycle in Greenfield Village, May 1946
Henry Ford II helped his grandparents, Henry and Clara Ford, into the 1896 Quadricycle in Greenfield Village in May 1946. The occasion was the "Automobile Golden Jubilee," Detroit's celebration of the auto's 50th anniversary in the city. Henry Ford's Quadricycle, which he first operated in June 1896, was only the second automobile driven in the Motor City.
- Young Henry Ford Demonstrating his Homemade Steam Turbine to Friends, by Irving R. Bacon, 1938 - Henry Ford commissioned artist Irving Bacon to paint important scenes from Ford's childhood. Here young Henry has built a working steam turbine outside of his school. As Ford remembered it, the makeshift engine ultimately exploded, pelting Henry and his friends with metal shards and setting the nearby fence on fire.
- 1870-1875
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Young Henry Ford Demonstrating his Homemade Steam Turbine to Friends, by Irving R. Bacon, 1938
Henry Ford commissioned artist Irving Bacon to paint important scenes from Ford's childhood. Here young Henry has built a working steam turbine outside of his school. As Ford remembered it, the makeshift engine ultimately exploded, pelting Henry and his friends with metal shards and setting the nearby fence on fire.