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- State Street Lunch Stand Construction during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, April 2003 - By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They relocated and refurbished the historic structures into themed "Historic Districts" and added new support buildings--shops, restaurants, and a special-event venue. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
- April 01, 2003
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State Street Lunch Stand Construction during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, April 2003
By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They relocated and refurbished the historic structures into themed "Historic Districts" and added new support buildings--shops, restaurants, and a special-event venue. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
- Henry Ford Residence and Workshop at #58 Bagley Ave, Detroit, Michigan, 1894-1897 - From late 1893 to mid-1897, Henry and Clara Ford rented the left half of a duplex at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. Henry built his first automobile, the 1896 Quadricycle, in a shed behind the house. Charles Brady King drew this blueprint of the Bagley Avenue buildings in 1929, by which time the house was converted into a tea room.
- October 14, 1929
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Henry Ford Residence and Workshop at #58 Bagley Ave, Detroit, Michigan, 1894-1897
From late 1893 to mid-1897, Henry and Clara Ford rented the left half of a duplex at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. Henry built his first automobile, the 1896 Quadricycle, in a shed behind the house. Charles Brady King drew this blueprint of the Bagley Avenue buildings in 1929, by which time the house was converted into a tea room.
- 58 Bagley Avenue Shed at Its Original Site, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1908 - This shed sat behind a house at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, where Henry and Clara Ford lived for 3-1/2 years. Henry and friends built the Quadricycle, Ford's first automobile, in the shed in 1896. Many years later, Ford had the building reconstructed in Greenfield Village. Photographs of the original building and site helped ensure the replica's accuracy.
- circa 1908
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58 Bagley Avenue Shed at Its Original Site, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1908
This shed sat behind a house at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, where Henry and Clara Ford lived for 3-1/2 years. Henry and friends built the Quadricycle, Ford's first automobile, in the shed in 1896. Many years later, Ford had the building reconstructed in Greenfield Village. Photographs of the original building and site helped ensure the replica's accuracy.
- Bagley Avenue Workshop at Its Original Site, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1908 - Henry Ford reconstructed the Bagley Avenue Workshop, the shed behind the duplex house at 58 Bagley where he and Clara had lived, in Greenfield Village in 1933. Ford built the 1896 Quadricycle, his first automobile, in the original shed. Photos of the original building and site guided the reconstruction. Bricks from the actual Bagley house reportedly were used in the replica shed.
- circa 1908
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Bagley Avenue Workshop at Its Original Site, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1908
Henry Ford reconstructed the Bagley Avenue Workshop, the shed behind the duplex house at 58 Bagley where he and Clara had lived, in Greenfield Village in 1933. Ford built the 1896 Quadricycle, his first automobile, in the original shed. Photos of the original building and site guided the reconstruction. Bricks from the actual Bagley house reportedly were used in the replica shed.
- Henry Ford with 1896 Quadricycle at Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, June 16, 1933 - Henry Ford built his first automobile, the Quadricycle, at his Bagley Avenue Workshop in 1896. This photograph shows Ford and his Quadricycle in front of a recreated workshop at Greenfield Village -- Ford's historical outdoor museum -- in Dearborn, Michigan. The image commemorates the 30th anniversary of Ford Motor Company in 1933.
- June 16, 1933
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Henry Ford with 1896 Quadricycle at Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, June 16, 1933
Henry Ford built his first automobile, the Quadricycle, at his Bagley Avenue Workshop in 1896. This photograph shows Ford and his Quadricycle in front of a recreated workshop at Greenfield Village -- Ford's historical outdoor museum -- in Dearborn, Michigan. The image commemorates the 30th anniversary of Ford Motor Company in 1933.
- Caricature Drawing of Henry Ford, circa 1935 - Artist Ed Geissler created this caricature of Henry Ford around 1935. It has the auto magnate flanked by two important locations. At left is the shed on Bagley Avenue in Detroit -- where Ford built his original Quadricycle in 1896. At right is the Rouge factory complex in Dearborn -- the heart of Ford Motor Company's operations in the mid-1930s.
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Caricature Drawing of Henry Ford, circa 1935
Artist Ed Geissler created this caricature of Henry Ford around 1935. It has the auto magnate flanked by two important locations. At left is the shed on Bagley Avenue in Detroit -- where Ford built his original Quadricycle in 1896. At right is the Rouge factory complex in Dearborn -- the heart of Ford Motor Company's operations in the mid-1930s.
- Replica of 1896 Quadricycle in Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - Henry Ford and friends built his first gasoline-powered automobile, the 1896 Quadricycle, in a workshop in the shed behind the house he and his wife Clara rented at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. Ford reconstructed that shed in Greenfield Village in 1933. This photo shows the replica workshop -- complete with replica Quadricycle -- as it appeared in 2007.
- September 01, 2007
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Replica of 1896 Quadricycle in Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, September 2007
Henry Ford and friends built his first gasoline-powered automobile, the 1896 Quadricycle, in a workshop in the shed behind the house he and his wife Clara rented at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. Ford reconstructed that shed in Greenfield Village in 1933. This photo shows the replica workshop -- complete with replica Quadricycle -- as it appeared in 2007.
- Replica of 1896 Quadricycle in Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - Henry Ford and friends built his first gasoline-powered automobile, the 1896 Quadricycle, in a workshop in the shed behind the house he and his wife Clara rented at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. Ford reconstructed that shed in Greenfield Village in 1933. This photo shows the replica workshop -- complete with replica Quadricycle -- as it appeared in 2007.
- September 01, 2007
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Replica of 1896 Quadricycle in Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, September 2007
Henry Ford and friends built his first gasoline-powered automobile, the 1896 Quadricycle, in a workshop in the shed behind the house he and his wife Clara rented at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. Ford reconstructed that shed in Greenfield Village in 1933. This photo shows the replica workshop -- complete with replica Quadricycle -- as it appeared in 2007.
- Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, November 1944 - Henry Ford constructed the Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village in 1933. It replicated the shed behind the house where he and Clara lived at 58 Bagley in Detroit, and where Henry built his Quadricycle in 1896. The original shed was gone by the 1930s, but bricks from the Bagley Avenue house reportedly were used in the replica.
- November 15, 1944
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Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village, November 1944
Henry Ford constructed the Bagley Avenue Workshop in Greenfield Village in 1933. It replicated the shed behind the house where he and Clara lived at 58 Bagley in Detroit, and where Henry built his Quadricycle in 1896. The original shed was gone by the 1930s, but bricks from the Bagley Avenue house reportedly were used in the replica.
- Replica of 58 Bagley Avenue Shop, Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934 - Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition used the theme of progress to encourage optimism during the Depression. Ford Motor Company's popular exhibition at the fair included the century room, where fairgoers found a nineteenth-century machine shop, a replica of Henry Ford's first workshop, and the Quadricyle -- the original Ford automobile.
- 1934
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Replica of 58 Bagley Avenue Shop, Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934
Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition used the theme of progress to encourage optimism during the Depression. Ford Motor Company's popular exhibition at the fair included the century room, where fairgoers found a nineteenth-century machine shop, a replica of Henry Ford's first workshop, and the Quadricyle -- the original Ford automobile.