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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 - Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was 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
Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- 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.
- Scotch Settlement School at Its Original Site in Dearborn Township, Michigan, circa 1926 - Henry Ford attended this one-room school from age seven to ten. In 1923, Henry Ford restored the school on its original site and operated an experimental preschool there--a precursor to the more extensive school system that Henry Ford started in Greenfield Village in 1929.
- circa 1926
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Scotch Settlement School at Its Original Site in Dearborn Township, Michigan, circa 1926
Henry Ford attended this one-room school from age seven to ten. In 1923, Henry Ford restored the school on its original site and operated an experimental preschool there--a precursor to the more extensive school system that Henry Ford started in Greenfield Village in 1929.
- Henry Ford and Students at McGuffey School in Greenfield Village, circa 1935 -
- circa 1935
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Henry Ford and Students at McGuffey School in Greenfield Village, circa 1935
- Construction of Scotch Settlement School after Relocation to Greenfield Village, 1929 -
- July 09, 1929
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Construction of Scotch Settlement School after Relocation to Greenfield Village, 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.