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- 1903 Ford Model A Roadster in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1934 - A 1934 exhibition at Henry Ford's museum in Dearborn, Michigan, featured this Model A roadster, the first automobile produced and sold by the fledgling Ford Motor Company. In many ways, the original Ford was typical -- it looked like a carriage without the horse. But unlike other early autos, the 1903 Model A had a steering wheel rather than a tiller.
- April 20, 1934
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1903 Ford Model A Roadster in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1934
A 1934 exhibition at Henry Ford's museum in Dearborn, Michigan, featured this Model A roadster, the first automobile produced and sold by the fledgling Ford Motor Company. In many ways, the original Ford was typical -- it looked like a carriage without the horse. But unlike other early autos, the 1903 Model A had a steering wheel rather than a tiller.
- Drawing, Outside Ends of South Parlor Bay, Noah Webster House, New Haven, Connecticut, September 28, 1936 -
- September 28, 1936
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Drawing, Outside Ends of South Parlor Bay, Noah Webster House, New Haven, Connecticut, September 28, 1936
- Ford Reliability Tour at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, 1930 - From 1925-1931, Ford Motor Company sponsored annual air tours to promote reliability and safety in commercial aircraft. Pilots flew to pre-determined cities, and their airplanes were rated on the ability to take off and land quickly and maintain consistent speeds. The 1930 tour included 18 entries and visited 29 cities in the United States and Canada.
- September 27, 1930
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Ford Reliability Tour at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, 1930
From 1925-1931, Ford Motor Company sponsored annual air tours to promote reliability and safety in commercial aircraft. Pilots flew to pre-determined cities, and their airplanes were rated on the ability to take off and land quickly and maintain consistent speeds. The 1930 tour included 18 entries and visited 29 cities in the United States and Canada.
- Henry Ford and Clara Ford at Henry Ford Museum for the Presentation of the Sikorsky VS-300 Helicopter, October 7, 1943 - Henry Ford never intended his Edison Institute -- today's The Henry Ford -- only to be about the past. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village would inspire the institute's students and visitors to create the future. Ford collected modern inventions alongside historic items. He acquired the VS-300 helicopter from inventor Igor Sikorsky in 1943 -- only four years after the aircraft's introduction.
- October 07, 1943
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Henry Ford and Clara Ford at Henry Ford Museum for the Presentation of the Sikorsky VS-300 Helicopter, October 7, 1943
Henry Ford never intended his Edison Institute -- today's The Henry Ford -- only to be about the past. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village would inspire the institute's students and visitors to create the future. Ford collected modern inventions alongside historic items. He acquired the VS-300 helicopter from inventor Igor Sikorsky in 1943 -- only four years after the aircraft's introduction.
- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 - Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Here he presents a Vidicon camera tube, to be donated to the museum. Vidicon tubes allowed bulky, expensive broadcast television cameras to become smaller and cheaper beginning in the 1950s. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history.
- April 30, 1958
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Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Here he presents a Vidicon camera tube, to be donated to the museum. Vidicon tubes allowed bulky, expensive broadcast television cameras to become smaller and cheaper beginning in the 1950s. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history.
- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing Donald Shelley a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 -
- April 30, 1958
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Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing Donald Shelley a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
- Cotswold Cottage in Greenfield Village, September 2007 -
- September 01, 2007
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Cotswold Cottage in Greenfield Village, September 2007
- 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.
- Menlo Park Laboratory Complex 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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Menlo Park Laboratory Complex 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.
- Chapman Family Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - During the 1870s, John B. Chapman and his wife Susie lived in a simple farmhouse. Chapman taught several terms in the one-room schools of his southeast Michigan rural community. Young Henry Ford was one of his pupils. Ford later purchased the home for his outdoor museum in Dearborn, Michigan. This image shows the building's interior as it looked in 2007.
- September 01, 2007
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Chapman Family Home in Greenfield Village, September 2007
During the 1870s, John B. Chapman and his wife Susie lived in a simple farmhouse. Chapman taught several terms in the one-room schools of his southeast Michigan rural community. Young Henry Ford was one of his pupils. Ford later purchased the home for his outdoor museum in Dearborn, Michigan. This image shows the building's interior as it looked in 2007.