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- Visitors at the Owl Night Lunch Wagon, Greenfield Village, 1935 -
- August 05, 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Visitors at the Owl Night Lunch Wagon, Greenfield Village, 1935
- Visitors at the Owl Night Lunch Wagon, Greenfield Village, 1935 - The Henry Ford's Owl Night Lunch wagon served nighttime workers in Detroit in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the Owl in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village, where it served as the first food service operation.
- August 05, 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Visitors at the Owl Night Lunch Wagon, Greenfield Village, 1935
The Henry Ford's Owl Night Lunch wagon served nighttime workers in Detroit in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the Owl in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village, where it served as the first food service operation.
- Peddler's Pushcart, 1900-1925 - Cities across the country operated public markets to give their citizens access to fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, meats, and trinkets. Cities required vendors to have licenses like those on this cart. In exchange for paying licensing fees, vendors secured positions at the markets. Their carts served as stages for exhibiting items they offered for sale.
- 1900-1925
- Collections - Artifact
Peddler's Pushcart, 1900-1925
Cities across the country operated public markets to give their citizens access to fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, meats, and trinkets. Cities required vendors to have licenses like those on this cart. In exchange for paying licensing fees, vendors secured positions at the markets. Their carts served as stages for exhibiting items they offered for sale.