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- Thomas Alva Edison Statue Relocation Site during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, October 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.
- October 01, 2002
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Thomas Alva Edison Statue Relocation Site during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, October 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.
- Miniature Canister, Displayed at the New York World's Fair, 1939 - Henry Ford firmly believed in the "practical educational value" of World's Fair exhibits. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, he highlighted the work of students attending his experimental schools. In the Ford building, boys from Ford's Edison Institute Schools operated quarter-size replicas based on machines from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park. Miniature equipment and displays completed the scene.
- 1939
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Miniature Canister, Displayed at the New York World's Fair, 1939
Henry Ford firmly believed in the "practical educational value" of World's Fair exhibits. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, he highlighted the work of students attending his experimental schools. In the Ford building, boys from Ford's Edison Institute Schools operated quarter-size replicas based on machines from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park. Miniature equipment and displays completed the scene.
- Machine Shop at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, January 1915 -
- January 10, 1915
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Machine Shop at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, January 1915
- Armington and Sims Machine Shop in Greenfield Village, July 1930 -
- July 09, 1930
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Armington and Sims Machine Shop in Greenfield Village, July 1930
- Armington & Sims Machine Shop during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, May 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.
- May 01, 2003
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Armington & Sims Machine Shop during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, May 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.
- Worker Using Johansson Gauges in Machine Shop at Ford Motor Company Plant, July 1924 - Ford Motor Company's mass production methods depended on precision parts and tooling, and precision depended on exact measurements. Accuracy was so important that Henry Ford purchased C.E. Johansson, Inc. -- a Swedish company famous for its precision measuring instruments -- in 1923. Ford moved the company, complete with founder Carl Johansson, to Dearborn, Michigan.
- July 31, 1924
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Worker Using Johansson Gauges in Machine Shop at Ford Motor Company Plant, July 1924
Ford Motor Company's mass production methods depended on precision parts and tooling, and precision depended on exact measurements. Accuracy was so important that Henry Ford purchased C.E. Johansson, Inc. -- a Swedish company famous for its precision measuring instruments -- in 1923. Ford moved the company, complete with founder Carl Johansson, to Dearborn, Michigan.
- Machine Shop at Bryant Motor Co., Boise, Idaho, 1914 -
- October 12, 1964
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Machine Shop at Bryant Motor Co., Boise, Idaho, 1914
- Broadside Advertising James Brooks & Co., Iron Founders, near Philadelphia, circa 1855 - This circa 1855 broadside advertised James Brooks & Co., located in the Frankford area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. James Brooks & Co. was in the business of manufacturing stationary steam engines, as well as locomotives and boilers. The broadside includes a pictorial rendering of the factory along the river.
- circa 1855
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Broadside Advertising James Brooks & Co., Iron Founders, near Philadelphia, circa 1855
This circa 1855 broadside advertised James Brooks & Co., located in the Frankford area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. James Brooks & Co. was in the business of manufacturing stationary steam engines, as well as locomotives and boilers. The broadside includes a pictorial rendering of the factory along the river.
- Machine Shop at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, circa 1913 - The Highland Park Ford Plant, designed by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn, was the second production facility for the Model T. This photograph shows Highland Park's machine shop filled with specialized machine tools. Among the milling machines shown here are "hobbers," which cut teeth in metal to make gears.
- circa 1913
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Machine Shop at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, circa 1913
The Highland Park Ford Plant, designed by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn, was the second production facility for the Model T. This photograph shows Highland Park's machine shop filled with specialized machine tools. Among the milling machines shown here are "hobbers," which cut teeth in metal to make gears.
- Dr. Howard's Office Being Relocated during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, September 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.
- September 01, 2002
- Collections - Artifact
Dr. Howard's Office Being Relocated during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, September 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.