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- Composition Paper from a School Desk, 1940-1960 -
- 1940-1960
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Composition Paper from a School Desk, 1940-1960
- Newspaper Article, "Old-Fashioned Dance to Stay in Dearborn...Dearborn Backs Up School Dance," 1926 - As Henry Ford extended his traditional American dance classes to local Dearborn schoolchildren, some parents grew alarmed--they weren't sure they approved of boys and girls dancing together. A dance demonstration by the children soon set most of the parents' minds at ease. They quickly realized the benefit of having their children learn these old-time dances--and the good manners that went along with them.
- December 17, 1926
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Newspaper Article, "Old-Fashioned Dance to Stay in Dearborn...Dearborn Backs Up School Dance," 1926
As Henry Ford extended his traditional American dance classes to local Dearborn schoolchildren, some parents grew alarmed--they weren't sure they approved of boys and girls dancing together. A dance demonstration by the children soon set most of the parents' minds at ease. They quickly realized the benefit of having their children learn these old-time dances--and the good manners that went along with them.
- School Children Working in a Garden, Macon, Michigan -
- 1930-1947
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School Children Working in a Garden, Macon, Michigan
- Mcguffey Ana Doll, 1937-1944 -
- 1937-1944
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Mcguffey Ana Doll, 1937-1944
- Group of School Children and Teachers, Hillsdale, Michigan, circa 1890 - This cabinet card shows three teachers and 44 students posing outdoors, perhaps outside the school. This was not a one-room school; the students are approximately the same age. Hillsdale, Michigan, a busy railroad town, had a graded school system. The boys wear shirts, suspenders, and jackets; girls wear pinafores or aprons over their dresses. The teachers wear high-necked, long-sleeve dresses with aprons.
- circa 1890
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Group of School Children and Teachers, Hillsdale, Michigan, circa 1890
This cabinet card shows three teachers and 44 students posing outdoors, perhaps outside the school. This was not a one-room school; the students are approximately the same age. Hillsdale, Michigan, a busy railroad town, had a graded school system. The boys wear shirts, suspenders, and jackets; girls wear pinafores or aprons over their dresses. The teachers wear high-necked, long-sleeve dresses with aprons.
- Group from Edison Institute Schools Visit the Piccard Stratosphere Flight Balloon at Ford Airport, September 1934 - The Piccard stratosphere flight departed from Ford Airport field on October 23, 1934. Spouses Jean and Jeannette Piccard ascended 10.9 miles in a metal gondola carried by a hydrogen balloon. This image was taken at one of the airport's hangars in September of 1934, and depicts the Piccards with a group of visiting children from the Edison Institute School.
- September 17, 1934
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Group from Edison Institute Schools Visit the Piccard Stratosphere Flight Balloon at Ford Airport, September 1934
The Piccard stratosphere flight departed from Ford Airport field on October 23, 1934. Spouses Jean and Jeannette Piccard ascended 10.9 miles in a metal gondola carried by a hydrogen balloon. This image was taken at one of the airport's hangars in September of 1934, and depicts the Piccards with a group of visiting children from the Edison Institute School.
- Group from Edison Institute Schools Visit the Piccard Stratosphere Flight Balloon at Ford Airport, September 1934 - The Piccard stratosphere flight departed from Ford Airport field on October 23, 1934. Spouses Jean and Jeannette Piccard ascended 10.9 miles in a metal gondola carried by a hydrogen balloon. This image was taken at one of the airport's hangars in September of 1934, and depicts the Piccards with a group of visiting children from the Edison Institute School.
- September 20, 1934
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Group from Edison Institute Schools Visit the Piccard Stratosphere Flight Balloon at Ford Airport, September 1934
The Piccard stratosphere flight departed from Ford Airport field on October 23, 1934. Spouses Jean and Jeannette Piccard ascended 10.9 miles in a metal gondola carried by a hydrogen balloon. This image was taken at one of the airport's hangars in September of 1934, and depicts the Piccards with a group of visiting children from the Edison Institute School.
- "WTVS Channel 56 'You Name It,' 1st Semester 1959-1960, Detroit Public Schools" - Beginning in the 1950s, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village partnered with WTVS, Detroit's local educational television station, to bring American history into the classroom. Marion Corwell, the museum's Manager of Educational Television, produced and hosted <em>You Name It</em> -- a half-hour quiz show. Students from grades 5 to 8 tried to identify and give the historical significance of objects from the museum's collection.
- 1959-1960
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"WTVS Channel 56 'You Name It,' 1st Semester 1959-1960, Detroit Public Schools"
Beginning in the 1950s, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village partnered with WTVS, Detroit's local educational television station, to bring American history into the classroom. Marion Corwell, the museum's Manager of Educational Television, produced and hosted You Name It -- a half-hour quiz show. Students from grades 5 to 8 tried to identify and give the historical significance of objects from the museum's collection.
- Ford V-8 School Bus Used by Wiseburn Grammar School, El Segundo, California, May 1940 - Ford Motor Company updated the suspensions on its truck and bus chassis for 1940, replacing component designs in use since 1932. Ford also introduced its first rear-engine transit bus chassis in the 1940 model year. The school bus in this photo features the conventional front-engine layout.
- May 21, 1940
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Ford V-8 School Bus Used by Wiseburn Grammar School, El Segundo, California, May 1940
Ford Motor Company updated the suspensions on its truck and bus chassis for 1940, replacing component designs in use since 1932. Ford also introduced its first rear-engine transit bus chassis in the 1940 model year. The school bus in this photo features the conventional front-engine layout.
- Scrapbook of Elizabeth Parke Memorabilia, 1902-1924 -
- 1902-1924
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Scrapbook of Elizabeth Parke Memorabilia, 1902-1924