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- Joanna Reader at a Loom in Plymouth Carding Mill (now Gunsolly Carding Mill), Greenfield Village, circa 1944 - Henry Ford believed in "learning by doing." Students enrolled in the Edison Institute Schools located on the grounds of Ford's Greenfield Village had ample opportunities for practical, hands-on training. Students, if they desired, could learn to weave. Beginners used small tabletop looms. As they progressed students created woven materials using larger looms located in Greenfield Village's Plymouth Carding Mill and Weaving Shed.
- circa 1944
- Collections - Artifact
Joanna Reader at a Loom in Plymouth Carding Mill (now Gunsolly Carding Mill), Greenfield Village, circa 1944
Henry Ford believed in "learning by doing." Students enrolled in the Edison Institute Schools located on the grounds of Ford's Greenfield Village had ample opportunities for practical, hands-on training. Students, if they desired, could learn to weave. Beginners used small tabletop looms. As they progressed students created woven materials using larger looms located in Greenfield Village's Plymouth Carding Mill and Weaving Shed.
- Edison Institute School Student Leading a Tour of Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops," circa 1943 -
- circa 1943
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Institute School Student Leading a Tour of Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops," circa 1943