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- Bandstand at New Site after Relocation during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, November 2002 - 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.
- November 01, 2002
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Bandstand at New Site after Relocation during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, November 2002
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.
- Christie Street Paving during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, March 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.
- March 01, 2003
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Christie Street Paving during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, March 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.
- Roof Trusses in Place during Construction of a Section of Henry Ford Museum, May 15, 1929 - Henry Ford commissioned architect Robert O. Derrick to design the museum building for his Edison Institute. By late October 1929 the front portion of the building, inspired by Philadelphia's Independence Hall, was sufficiently completed to host the institute's Light's Golden Jubilee dedication banquet. Construction wasn't fully finished until the mid-1930s.
- May 15, 1929
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Roof Trusses in Place during Construction of a Section of Henry Ford Museum, May 15, 1929
Henry Ford commissioned architect Robert O. Derrick to design the museum building for his Edison Institute. By late October 1929 the front portion of the building, inspired by Philadelphia's Independence Hall, was sufficiently completed to host the institute's Light's Golden Jubilee dedication banquet. Construction wasn't fully finished until the mid-1930s.
- Interior View of Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory, Fort Myers, Florida, June 1928 -
- June 18, 1928
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Interior View of Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory, Fort Myers, Florida, June 1928
- Interior View of Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory, Fort Myers, Florida, June 1928 -
- June 18, 1928
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Interior View of Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory, Fort Myers, Florida, June 1928
- Workmen Preparing the Site for Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, April 17, 1928 -
- April 17, 1928
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Workmen Preparing the Site for Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village, April 17, 1928
- Henry Ford Visiting the Fort Myers Laboratory during its Reconstruction in Greenfield Village, September 1928 -
- September 14, 1928
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Henry Ford Visiting the Fort Myers Laboratory during its Reconstruction in Greenfield Village, September 1928
- Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory in Greenfield Village, circa 1934 -
- circa 1934
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Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory in Greenfield Village, circa 1934
- Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory Dedication in Greenfield Village, September 27 1928 - Thomas Edison visited the site of Henry Ford's museum and village in Dearborn, Michigan, a year before it was officially dedicated as the Edison Institute of Technology. Edison ceremoniously started a steam engine in the Fort Myers Laboratory, the first building installed in Greenfield Village. The engine was original to the lab, where Edison had conducted scientific investigations while wintering in Florida.
- September 27, 1928
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Thomas Edison's Fort Myers Laboratory Dedication in Greenfield Village, September 27 1928
Thomas Edison visited the site of Henry Ford's museum and village in Dearborn, Michigan, a year before it was officially dedicated as the Edison Institute of Technology. Edison ceremoniously started a steam engine in the Fort Myers Laboratory, the first building installed in Greenfield Village. The engine was original to the lab, where Edison had conducted scientific investigations while wintering in Florida.
- Thomas Edison Starting the Dynamo in the Fort Myers Laboratory in Greenfield Village, September 27, 1928 - Thomas Edison visited the site of Henry Ford's museum and village in Dearborn, Michigan, a year before it was officially dedicated as the Edison Institute of Technology. Edison ceremoniously started a steam engine in the Fort Myers Laboratory, the first building installed in Greenfield Village. The engine was original to the lab, where Edison had conducted scientific investigations while wintering in Florida.
- September 27, 1928
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Thomas Edison Starting the Dynamo in the Fort Myers Laboratory in Greenfield Village, September 27, 1928
Thomas Edison visited the site of Henry Ford's museum and village in Dearborn, Michigan, a year before it was officially dedicated as the Edison Institute of Technology. Edison ceremoniously started a steam engine in the Fort Myers Laboratory, the first building installed in Greenfield Village. The engine was original to the lab, where Edison had conducted scientific investigations while wintering in Florida.