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- Student Drawing on a Blackboard, Saline School, Saline, Michigan, March 1946 -
- March 08, 1946
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Student Drawing on a Blackboard, Saline School, Saline, Michigan, March 1946
- Restoration of One-Room Schoolhouse, Saline, Michigan, August 1943 -
- August 10, 1943
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Restoration of One-Room Schoolhouse, Saline, Michigan, August 1943
- Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, August 2002 - The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- August 20, 2002
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Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, August 2002
The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, August 2002 - The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- August 20, 2002
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Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, August 2002
The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, August 2002 - The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- August 20, 2002
- Collections - Artifact
Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, August 2002
The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- "Old Stone Jug" School Once Attended by John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944 - John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. Burroughs was the seventh of ten children and like the rest of his siblings he went to school when not working on the farm. This small stone schoolhouse was the first school Burroughs attended.
- May 20, 1944
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"Old Stone Jug" School Once Attended by John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944
John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. Burroughs was the seventh of ten children and like the rest of his siblings he went to school when not working on the farm. This small stone schoolhouse was the first school Burroughs attended.
- Scotch Settlement School Dedication in Greenfield Village, September 16, 1929 -
- September 16, 1929
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Scotch Settlement School Dedication in Greenfield Village, September 16, 1929
- Henry Ford and Clara Ford with Group at Scotch Settlement School, Dearborn, Michigan, 1929 -
- 1925
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Henry Ford and Clara Ford with Group at Scotch Settlement School, Dearborn, Michigan, 1929
- Last Sixth-Grade Graduating Class at Edison Institute Schools, June 1969 - Henry Ford established the Edison Institute schools in 1929 on the grounds of Greenfield Village, his open-air museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The schools embraced Ford's "learn by doing" philosophy with an emphasis on hands-on learning. The last of the schools closed in 1969. This was the last sixth-grade graduating class.
- June 01, 1969
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Last Sixth-Grade Graduating Class at Edison Institute Schools, June 1969
Henry Ford established the Edison Institute schools in 1929 on the grounds of Greenfield Village, his open-air museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The schools embraced Ford's "learn by doing" philosophy with an emphasis on hands-on learning. The last of the schools closed in 1969. This was the last sixth-grade graduating class.
- Transcript, "The Reminiscences of Dr. Edsel Ruddiman," October 1951 - Edsel Ruddiman was a lifelong friend of Henry Ford's. As boys, they attended the same Scotch Settlement School, where they shared a love of pranks. Years later, Ruddiman worked as a research chemist on Ford's efforts in chemurgy -- promoting the use of agricultural products in industry. Henry and Clara Ford named their only child, Edsel Ford, after Ruddiman.
- October 01, 1951
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Transcript, "The Reminiscences of Dr. Edsel Ruddiman," October 1951
Edsel Ruddiman was a lifelong friend of Henry Ford's. As boys, they attended the same Scotch Settlement School, where they shared a love of pranks. Years later, Ruddiman worked as a research chemist on Ford's efforts in chemurgy -- promoting the use of agricultural products in industry. Henry and Clara Ford named their only child, Edsel Ford, after Ruddiman.