Title:
The Dearborn Inn - The Fireplace and Excellent Appointments Create a Homelike Atmosphere
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Affiliated with "Real New England Inns" on Oakwood Boulevard opposite Ford Airport
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Title:
Hyatt Regency Dearborn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Continental Chrome unused
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Title:
Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Continental Chrome PM 1975 Aug-6
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Title:
Wright Brothers Cycle Shop and Homestead
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Greenfield Village
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Title:
Ford Motor Company - Engineering Laboratory
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Scotch Settlement School, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
River Boat "Suwanee"
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo PM 1936 Aug-17
Description:
As restored at Greenfield Village
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Title:
Stephen Foster Cottage
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
Restored in Greenfield Village.
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Title:
Upper Floor Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory Re-erected in Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Hotel Dearborn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Michigan Avenue at Schaefer Road - Nearest to Ford Motor Co. Offices, Rotunda and Greenfield Village - Rooms with or without bath. First class Coffee Shop in connection. Rates $1.50 per day and up. Special weekly rates.
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Title:
The Westerner Beef Buffet
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Just fine food. A real family style restaurant. Come as you are. Featuring Roast Beef and many other entrees. Lenten dishes on Friday. Open at 11:30 AM-7 days a week. 24825 Michigan Avenue, 1/4 mile west of Telegraph Road.
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Title:
Ford Motor Company - Rouge Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Ford Motor Company - General Offices
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Ford Motor Company - Rolling Mill, Rouge Steel Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Ford Motor Company - Engineering Laboratory and Airport
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Hotel Fordson
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Stern Paddle Steamer "Suwanee", Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Greenfield Village - Rose Cottage, Cotswold Group
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Thomas Edison's Laboratory
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Thomas Edison's Laboratory, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan. Thomas Alva Edison built this two-story clapboard structure in Menle Park, new Jersey in 1876. Form many years this laboratory served Edison as a main place of research. Here he created the phonograph, the first practical incandescent lamp, and many other brilliant electrical discoveries.
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Title:
An Assembly Line of the Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
The assembly line is always a point of interest to visitors of the Rouge Plant. Here, on a moving conveyor, Ford cars are completely assembled, from chassis to finished car, and driven off the line under their own power. In addition to the Rouge plant, there are 31 assembly lines in company branches throughout the United States.
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Title:
Ford Guest Center, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Continental Chrome unused
Description:
Tours of the Rouge Manufacturing Complex originate from the Guest Center, located across from Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum. The Rouge is the largest industrial complex of its kind in the world and one of the leading tourist attractions in the United States.
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Title:
Night Owl Lunch Wagon, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Fairlane Inn Motel
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome PM 1962 Oct-3
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Title:
Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Continental Chrome unused
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Title:
Entrance to Edison Institute Museum
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
Dedicated by Henry Ford on October 21, 1929, the 50th birthday of the incandescent light bulb. The museum includes Thomas Edison's laboratory, which was moved from Menlo Park, New Jersey.
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Title:
General Store, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1954 Aug-08
Description:
The Waterford General Store was the principal shopping place in a small Michigan town, a short distance from Detroit, after it was built nearly a century ago. Today, in Greenfield Village it is equipped with stock typical of the period including patent medicines, notions, children's games and toys, groceries, candy, buggy whips and farm implements, dry goods, and men's and women's garments.
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Title:
Holiday Inn Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome
Description:
22900 Michigan Ave. Situated on the bank of the Rouge River in close proximity to Ford Motor Company, Greenfield Village and Museum. Facilities consist of 333 units, swimming pool, wading pool, children's playground, grille room, dining room, cocktail lounge and meeting rooms for 400 persons.
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Title:
The Westerner Beef Buffet
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Dexter Natural Color Pub.
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Title:
Ford Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1948 Feb-10
Description:
Air View of the Ford Rouge Plant. Rotunda and Ford Administration Building in left foreground.
Tichnor Bros., Inc.
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Title:
Edison's Laboratory, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1940 Apr-5
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Title:
Early Type Train at Smith Creek Station
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Rouge Plant Docks, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo
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Title:
General Offices, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo
Description:
The main office building is located at the Rouge Plant, Dearborn. It is a spacious building of white limestone. The first three floors are devoted entirely to offices of which there are more than 200. Cafeteria and dining rooms are located on the top floor.
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Title:
Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo
Description:
The Rouge Plant is one of the largest industrial centers in the world. It has an area of 1,096 acres, 14 miles of roadways, 92 miles of railway track and 1 1/3 miles of docks. It includes blast furnaces, open hearth furnaces and steel mill, cement plant, body plant, coke ovens, power plant and motor assembly plant where new Model A engines are built.
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Title:
Ford Motor Comapny - Rouge Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Ford Motor Company - Rolling Mill, Rouge Steel Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo
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Title:
Ford Motor Company Engineering Lab and Airport
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo
Description:
In the foreground is shown the Ford Engineering Laboratory where all experimental work on Ford and Lincoln cars is carried on. In the rear may be seen the Ford Airport where Ford tri-motored air transports are manufactured.
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Title:
Ford Motor Company - General Offices, Rouge Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo
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Title:
Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo
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Title:
Henry Ford Factory
Dearborn Michigan (MI), White Border unused
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Title:
River Rouge Plant- Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Divided Back unused
Description:
The River Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Company covers 1,100 acres, employs over 55,000 men, and is still growing. Two blast furnaces produce 1,000 to 1,200 tons of pig iron daily, and storage bins hold 2,000,000 tons of ore, coal and limestone. Here is operated the largest foundry in the world, pouring 1,800 tons of castings daily. Coke ovens produce 1,600 tons of coke per day besides more than 500 tons of by-products, such as benzol, ammonium sulphate, tar, oil, etc. Paper Mill production, 15 tons daily. Cement Plant production 1,000 barrels daily. Fifty miles of railroad tracks are within the plant boundaries. The new power plant will have a capacity of 500,000 horsepower. Manufacturing units have a daily production capacity of 10,000 Model "T" Motors, 7,000 Ford bodies, 500 Fordson Tractors and 40,000 square feet of plate glass.
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Title:
Ford Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen
Description:
air view of Ford Rouge plant. Rotunda and Ford administration building in left foreground.
Tichnor Bros., Inc.
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Joseph Burke Adjacent to Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.
Koppel Color Cards
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Title:
River Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
The plant covers 1,100 acres, employs over 55,000 men, and is still growing. Two blast furnaces produce 1,000 to 1,200 tons of pig iron daily, and storage bins hold 2,000,000 tons of ore, coal and limestone. Here is operated the largest foundry in the world, pouring 1,800 tons of castings daily. Coke ovens produce 1,600 tons of coke per day besides more than 500 tons of by-products, such as benzol, ammonium sulphate, tar, oil, etc. Paper Mill production, 15 tons daily. Cement Plant production 1,000 barrels daily. Fifty miles of railroad tracks are within the plant boundaries. The new power plant will have a capacity of 500,000 horsepower. Manufacturing units have a daily production capacity of 10,000 Model "T" Motors, 7,000 Ford bodies, 500 Fordson Tractors and 40,000 square feet of plate glass.
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Title:
Ford Administration Building and Factory with Visitor's Rotunda in Foreground
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen
Description:
Gateway to the House Plant of the Ford Motor Company - largest industrial institution of its kind in the world. The Rotunda was the central section of the Ford Exposition at Chicago's Century of Progress. It houses many fascinating exhibits showing how the raw materials of the earth are drawn upon in the manufacture of the modern automobile.
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Title:
Dearborn Tourist Court
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen
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Title:
Toll House Shoe Shop 1828
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
Re-erected in Greenfield Village.
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Title:
Dearborn Engineering Laboratory and Airport - Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
General Offices, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
The main office building of the Ford Motor Company is located at the Rouge Plant, Dearborn. It is a spacious building of white limestone. The first three floors are devoted entirely to offices of which there are more than 200. Cafeteria and dining rooms are located on the top floor.
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Title:
Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
Is one of the largest industrial centers in the world. It has an area of 1,096 acres, 14 miles of roadways, 92 miles of railway track and 1 1/3 miles of docks. It includes blast furnaces, open hearth furnaces and steel mill, glass plant, foundry, paper mill, cement plant, body plant, coke ovens, power plant and motor assembly plant where new Model A engines are built.
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Title:
McGuffey Birthplace. Re-Erected in Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo PM 1937 Jul-6
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Title:
Ford Motor Co., River Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Mich., Lincoln Motor Co., Detroit, Mich
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Ford Motor Company is the greatest of Detroit's giant automobile industries. The Ford Company operates the Highland Park Plant, Fordson Plant, Dearborn Plant, and Lincoln Motor Car Division in Detroit. About 75,000 men are employed at the Fordson Plant
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Title:
Dearborn Towne House Motel
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
2101 South Telegraph
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Title:
Blast Furnaces and Giant Raw Materials Storage Bins
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
At Ford Motor Company's Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. The storage bins hold iron ore, limestone and coal, ingredients necessary for the making of pig iron
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Title:
The Old Village Post Office
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
Erected 1803
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Title:
Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo PM Oct-1
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Title:
Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, Re-erected in Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo PM Oct-1
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Title:
Early Type Train at Smith Creek Station
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo PM 1931 Sep-23
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Title:
The Rouge
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Ford Motor Company's world-famous Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, is one of the top tourist attractions in the United States. This manufacturing complex, covering 1200 acres, is the only plant on the continent where you and your family can see raw material transformed into engines, bodies, and parts for assembly of quality-built Ford cars. For further information write Public Relations, Special Events Department, The American Road, Dearborn, Michigan
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Title:
Prime Beef House
East Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome
Description:
Finest Blue Ribbon roasted prime rounds of beef carved to your satisfaction; crispy salads and fresh baked pies. Open daily 11 am to 9 pm; Sunday 12 am to 8 pm; we cater to parties; phone LUzon 4-5353; 13836 Michigan Ave., 2 Blks. W. of Schaefer; ample parking in rear
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Title:
Veterans Hospital
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Dearborn unit of the United States Government Facility Hospital for veterans
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Title:
Ford Motor Company, Central Office Building
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Administrative offices of Ford Motor Company, one of the nation's largest buildings housing offices of a single company, contains 12 floors of offices, and a two-story penthouse. The building rises 200 feet in height and contains 950,000 square feet of floor space. Nearly five acres of glass - more than 205,000 square feet - used for the exterior and interior
Dexter Press
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Title:
Ford Motor Company, Engineering Laboratory
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Here the company conducts its engineering and experimental activities. The upper right portion of the picture shows the Ford airport and building where the Ford all-metal airplanes are manufactured
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Title:
General Offices, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
The main office building of the Ford Motor Company is located at the Rouge Plant, Dearborn. It is a spacious building of white limestone. The first three floors are devoted entirely to offices of which there are more than 200. Cafeteria and dining rooms are located on the top floor
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Title:
An Assembly Line of the Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
The assembly line is always a point of interest to visitors of the Rouge Plant. Here, on a moving conveyor, Ford cars are completely assembled, from chassis to finished car, and driven off the line under their own power. In addition to the Rouge Plant, there are 31 assembly lines in company branches throughout the United States
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Title:
Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
The Rouge Plant is one of the largest industrial centers in the world. It has an area of 1,906 acres, 14 miles of roadways, 92 miles of railway track and 1 1/3 miles of docks. It includes blast furnaces, open hearth furnaces and steel mill, glass plant, foundry, paper mill, cement plant, body plant, coke ovens, power plant and motor assembly plant where new V-8 and 4-cylinder engines are built
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Title:
Engineering Laboratory and Airport, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
In the foreground is shown the Ford Engineering Laboratory where all experimental work on Ford and Lincoln cars is carried on. In the rear may be seen the Ford Airport where Ford tri-motored air transports are manufactured
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Title:
General Offices Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
The main office building of the Ford Motor Company is located at the Rouge Plant, Dearborn. It is a spacious building of white limestone. The first three floors are devoted entirely to offices of which where are more than 200. Cafeteria and dining rooms are located on the top floor
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Title:
Fairlane Gold Key Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
21430 Michigan Avenue. Adjoining Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
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Title:
Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
The Engineering Laboratory of the Ford Motor Company at Dearborn, near Detroit. Here the company conducts its engineering and experimental activities. The upper right portion of the picture shows the Ford airport and building where the Ford all-metal airplanes are manufactured
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Title:
Birthplace of Dr. W.H. McGuffey, Restored in Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Blacksmith Shop, Greenfield Village, Edison Institute
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
The Ford Motor Company - River Rouge Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
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Title:
Dearborn Towne House Motel
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
2101 South telegraph (US 24), at Michigan Avenue (US 12)
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Title:
Paddlewheel Steemer, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
This ancient paddlewheen river steamer floats on a miniature Suwanee below the site of Stephen Foster's house in Greenfield Village. The engines are from the original which Thomas Edison used for fishing expeditions during his winger months at Fort Myers, Florida. The colorful little river boat is typical of those that once plied the Mississippi
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Title:
Typical Maple Bedroom with Authentic Reproductions of Early American Pieces
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen
Description:
The Dearborn Inn Opposite the Ford Airport. Open all year. Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, Michigan
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Title:
Patrick Henry House - Colonial Village at Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Adjacent to Greenfield Village
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Title:
Stephen Foster Cottage, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
The Stephen Foster house stands on a bluff overlooking a miniature of the river Foster made famous, the "Suwanee." Some of the furniture now in the historic house was there when Foster lived in it
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Title:
Ford Rotunda - Show Place of the Auto Industry
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Alaska, our new 49th state, is featured in the current summer show, "New Adventures on the American Road" at the Ford Rotunda, Dearborn, Michigan. It is the largest single display ever presented in the Rotunda. A waterfall, totem pole, animated figures, trees and wildflowers, and outdoor recreation equipment round out the scene
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Title:
Smith's Creek Depot, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Early Type Train - Smith Creek Station, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Clinton Inn, Greenfield Village, the Edison Institute
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
On Oakwood Boulevard adjacent to Greenfield Village
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Title:
Early Type Train at Smith Creek Station in Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Early Type Train at Smith Creek Station in Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Mannheim Benz - 1905-1909, the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
This classic attempt at distinctive styling was made by the Mannheim-Benz company of Mannheim, Germany. The famous name of Benz survived the fierce early competition of automotive manufacture and was later joined with "Daimler," another important name in motoring. Out of this combination came one of the finest automobiles in the world in 1926 - the Mercedes
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Title:
Hotel Dearborn on Michigan Ave
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1938 Nov-3
Description:
Michigan Ave. at Schaefer Rd. Nearest to Ford Motor Co. offices, Rotunda and Greenfield Village; rooms with or without bath; first class coffee shop in connection; rates $1.50 per day up; special weekly rates
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Title:
Chapel of Martha Mary - Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Old Clinton Inn, Period 1832, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
The Westerner Beef Buffet
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome PM 1969 Nov-21
Description:
The Westerner Beef Buffet 24825 Michigan Ave. 1/4 mile W. of Telegraph Rd. Dearborn, Michigan Phone CR 8-4680 A REAL FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANT COME AS YOU ARE Open at 11;30 AM - 7 days a week Featuring Roast Beef and many other entrees Lenten dishes on Fridays
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Title:
Fairlane Inn Motel
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome
Description:
21430 Michigan Avenue. Adjoining Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
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Title:
Hotel Dearborn on Michigan Ave
Dearborn Michigan (MI), White Border PM 1934 Mar-5
Description:
Homelike - comfortable; convenient to all points of int4erest; rooms with or without bath; first class coffee shop in connection; rates $1.50 per day up; special weekly rates
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Title:
Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Co
Dearborn Michigan (MI), White Border unused
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
on Oakwood Boulevard adjacent to Greenfield Village
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Title:
Cotswold Cottage, Greenfield Village, Edison Institute
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Tin Type Studio in Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Edgar Allan Poe House
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1940 Aug-24
Description:
in the Colonial Village at Dearborn Inn. A "Treadway Inn" Adjacent to Greenfield Village
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Title:
Edison's Laboratory, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen
Description:
In 1876 Thomas A. Edison built a two story clapboard structure in Menlo Park, NJ and made it his laboratory. Here he spent the greater part of his time and perfected most of his greatest inventions including that of the first practical incandescent electric light, the phonograph, carbon teleophone transmitter, the fist low resistance dynamo and the first commercial electric motor on 110 volt circuit
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Title:
Blast Furnaces And Giant Raw Materials Storage Bins
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
At Ford Motor Company's Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. The storage bins hold iron ore, limestone and coal, ingredients necessary for the making of pig iron
Colourpicture
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Joseph Burke Adjacent to Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
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Title:
Cotswold Cottage, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Old Clinton Inn, Period 1832, in Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Schoo House, 1861 Type
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Tin Type Studio
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
58 Bagley Avenue, Birthplace of Ford Car, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Ford Rotunda
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome PM 1960
Description:
Located on Schaefer Road, the Rotunda, a reconstruction of the Ford exhibit at the Chicago's World's Fair, was completely redesigned and reopened in June 1953, during the Ford Motor Company's Fiftieth Anniversary observance. Host to millions of visitors, the Rotunda is open daily
Colourpicture
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen
Description:
On Oakwood Boulevard adjacent to Greenfield Village and Edison Institute Museum
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Title:
Rose Cottage, Cotswold Group, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1943 Aug-24
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Title:
Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Continental Chrome unused
Description:
Greenfield Village. In this building, erected in 1876, Thomas A. Edison produced the first practical incandescent lamp, worked out his electric lighting system and developed the first phonograph, the microphone, and the telephone transmitter
Curt Teich & Co
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Title:
Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Continental Chrome unused
Description:
Situated on 1200 acres is host each year to more than 150,000 visitors. The Rouge is the largest concentration of closely-knit factories owned by a single American company and is the nation's most popular industrial tourist attraction
Dexter Press
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Title:
Ford Motor Company World Headquarters
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Continental Chrome unused
Description:
The 12 story office building of the Ford Motor Company World Headquarters was finished in 1956 on a site at Michigan Avenue and Southfield Road in Dearborn. It is referred to as "The Glass House"
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Title:
Smith's Creek Railway Station, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1942 Feb-28
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
A "Treadway Inn". On Oakwood Boulevard opposite Ford Airport. The Lobby, formal Early American, cheerful, homelike, comfortable
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Title:
"Suwanee," Stern Paddle Steamer, Restored at Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Blacksmith Shop, Greenfield Village, Edison Institute
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Rose Cottage, Cotswold Group, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Upper Floor, Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Re-erected in Greenfield Village
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Title:
Village Motel
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome PM 1966 Aug-9
Description:
Dearborn's Finest Motel U.S. 12 Downtown Darborn, modern large rooms, air conditioned with phones, complimentary Hi-Fi Music. Fire Proof - completely carpeted. Fine selection of Restaurants nearby, walking distance to Greenfield Village & Ford Motor Co. Moderate rates. American Express - Carte Blanche & Diners' Club accepted. Michigan at Oakwood Dearborn, Michigan Phone LOgan 5-8511
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Title:
Liberal Arts Building, Henry Ford Community College
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
A Community College, offering a variety of fully accredited programs in the college transfer and occupationally oriented fields to more than 8,000 students, is located on a beautiful 75-acre campus and serves as a cultural center for the entire community
Dexter Press Inc
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Title:
Sally Jordan Boarding House of Menlo Park
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Divided Back unused
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Title:
Detroit Motel
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Located 1/2 mile West of U.S. 24 on U.S. 112, 25125 Michigan Ave.in the city. Tile baths, radiant heat, radios, near Ford's Greenfield village, museum and factory. Close to theatres, restaurants, Shopping centers. Phone: LO-gan 2-9757. Lodging for a Night, Open all Year. Recommended by Duncan Hines, AAA
H.B. Putnam
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1944 Sep-8
Description:
Old English Coffee Shop for the Early Riser and Late Arrival On Oakland Boulevard adjacent to Greenfield Village
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Title:
The Greatest Single Industrial Development in the World
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
In the foreground the Ford Rotunda, where visitors are welcomed, facing it the Administration Building, and in the background the River Rouge Plant itself
C.T. Art-Colortone
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Title:
Stephen Foster House, Restored in Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1951 Jul-15
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Title:
Gog And Magog Sir John Bennett's Jewelry Shop, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Series 8A-H1950
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Title:
Upper Floor Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Series 8A602
Re-erected in Greenfield Village
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Title:
The Rouge
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome
Description:
Ford Motor Company's world-famous Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, is one of the top tourist attractions in the United States. This manufacturing complex, covering 1200 acres, is the only plant on the continent where you and your family can see raw material transformed into engines, bodies, and parts for assembly of quality-built Ford cars. For further information write Public Relations, Special Events Department, The American Road, Dearborn, Michigan
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Title:
The Ford Rotunda
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome PM 1952 Jul-25
Description:
Located on Schaefer Road in Dearborn near the Rouge Plant, Cylindrical in design, the rotunda is a reconstruction of the Ford exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair, and houses exhibits of products made by the Ford Motor Company
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Title:
River Boat on Suwanee
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
As restored at Greenfield Village
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Title:
Suwanne Stern Paddle Steamer, restored at Greenfield Billage
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Luther Burbank's Office
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo PM 1935 Sep-30
Description:
Re-Erected in Greenfield Village
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Title:
Jordan Boarding House in Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo PM Aug
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Title:
Gog and Magog, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
The jewelry shop of Sir John Bennett, one of three in the Village, which was once famous on Goldsmith's Row in London, lends an Old World Note to the predominently American Village. The grotesque figures of Gog and Magog, legendary giants of London, toll the hour with their hammers
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Title:
Mannheim Benz--1905-0909, the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
This classic attempt at destinctive styling was made by the Mannheim-Benz Company of Mannheim, Germany. The famous name of Benz survived the fierce early competition of automative manufacture and was later joined with "Daimler," another important name in motoring. Out of this combination came one of the finest automobiles in the world in 1926--the Mercedes
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Title:
Stephen Foster Cottage Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
The Stephen Foster house stands on a bluff overlooking a miniature of the river Foster made famous, the "Suwanee." Some of the furniture now in the historic house was there when Foster lived in it
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Title:
Aerial View of Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1944 Jul-13
Description:
Greenfield Village is world famous for its collection of authentic relics of early American history. Its original buildings include the court house where Lincoln practiced law and the laboratories where Thomas Edison perfected many inventions
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Title:
Hotel Dearborn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Hotel Dearborn Michigan Ave. at Schaefer Rd. Nearest to Ford Motor Co. offices, Rotunda and Greenfield Village Rooms with or without bath. Excellent coffee. Shop in connection. Rates from $2.50 Free parking lot
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Title:
Oakwood Hospital
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome PM 1987 Apr-13
Description:
Oakwood Hospital, a 615-bed teaching hospital has over 500 physicians on the medical staff. As the largest health care facility in western Wayne County and the sixth largest hospital in Michigan. Oakwood has been providing quality health care to its community since 1953
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Title:
Oakwood Hospital
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Oakwood Hospital, a 615-bed teaching hospital has over 500 physicians on the medical staff. As the largest health care facility in western Wayne County and the sixth largest hospital in Michigan. Oakwood has been providing quality health care to its community since 1953
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Title:
Holiday Inn, 22900 Michigan Ave.
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Series 9DK-579
Situated on the bank of the Rouge River in close proximity to Ford Motor Company, Greenfield Village and Museum. Facilities consist of 333 rooms, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, children's playground, sauna, whirlpool, grille room, dining room, cocktail lounge and meeting rooms for 400 persons.
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Title:
Cotswold Cottage
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Series 2DK-1551
Nestled among stately elms on its extensive grounds, Dearborn INN bids a friendly welcome to those who come to Dearborn, whether on business or pleasure. This famous INN, built by Henry Ford, was the world's first airport hotel. The present Ford Test Track, across the street, was originally the Ford Airport. Next door neighbor of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village the INN's facilities provide 185 guest rooms, two restaurants, cocktail lounge, heated big swimming pool, championship putting green and every modern comfort including TV and air conditioning.
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Title:
Docks At The Rouge Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Docks At The Rouge Plant are 1-1/3 miles long and are on the Rouge River. Here Ford ships and other Great Lakes freighters bring in great cargoes of iron ore, coal, linestone and lumber used in the manufacture of Ford cars and trucks. The storage bins have a capacity of 2,000,000 tons
Ontario
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Title:
Air View Green Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1940 Apr-20
Description:
Series 7A-H1755
The historic village centers in the "green" as did early American Communities. About this spot stand the public buildings—the Inn, the Chapel, the School, the Court House, the Town Hall and the General Store.
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Title:
Edison Institute Museum
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1940 Aug-15
Description:
Series 21919 N
The museum building is fronted by a group of units containing classrooms, workshops, libraries, executive offices and an auditorium. The buildings are architectural reproductions of Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the old City Hall of Philadelphia. Joined to these units by arcades and corridors is the main exhibition hall which covers approximately 8 acres, entirely under one roof. The exhibits in this hall are in three main divisions representating the three major industrial arts: agriculture, manufacturing and transportation.
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Title:
Ford Rotunda Administration Building And The River Rouge Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Series 7A-H1754
In the foreground the Ford Rotunda, where visitors are welcomed, facing it the Administration Building, and in the background the Rouge Plant itself—the greatest single industrial development in the world.
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Title:
Smith's Creek Depot, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Series 9A101
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Title:
The Edison Institute And Museum
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Series 39
The Edison Institute and Museum at Dearbron, Michigan, contain priceless exhibits illustrating the March of Science and Industry during the past century. A short distance away, the Dearborn Engineering laboratories offer a striking contrast to the progress of yesteryear.
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Title:
Ford Rotunda
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Series 223
Ford Rotunda, Administration building and the River rouge Plant, Dearborn, Mich. In the foreground the Ford Rotunda, where visitors are welcomed, facing it the Administration Building, and in the background the Rouge Plant itself - the greatest single industrial development in the world.
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Title:
Dearborn Youth Center
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome PM 1974 Aug-18
Description:
Offering a wide variety of facilities and activities for Adults as well as youngsters, the Dearborn Youth Center is the hub of the city's recreation program. It was built by the City under a bond issue approved by the voters on land donated by the ford Motor Company.
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Title:
Lincoln Court House
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo PM 1932 Jan-22
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Title:
Old Clinton Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
Period 1832. in Greenfield Village
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Title:
Ford Motor Company The Engineering Laboratory
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
The Engineering Laboratory of the Ford Motor company at Dearborn, near Detroit. Here the company conducts its engineering and experimental activities. The upper right portion of the picture shows the ford airport and building where the ford all metal airplanes are manufactured.
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Title:
Greenfield Village Stagecoach, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1950 Jul-03
Description:
Greenfield Village Stage-Coach, Dearborn, Mich. As there are no automobiles allowed in this historical village, a waiting carriage greets the visitor to carry him to the many points of interest.
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Title:
The Edison Institute And Museum
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1940 Sep-04
Description:
The Edison Institute and Museum at Dearborn, Michigan, contain priceless exhibits illustrating the March of Science and Industry during the past century, A short distance away, the Dearborn Engineering Laboratories offer a striking contrast to the progress of yesteryear.
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Title:
Chapel Of Martha - Mary, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo PM 1926 Jun-27
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Title:
Put Me Amongst The Girls!, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
The jewelry shop of Sir John Bennett, one of three in the Village, which was once famous on Goldsmith's Row in London, lends an Old World Note to the predominently American Village. The grotesque figures of Gog and Magog, legendary giants of London, toll the hour with their hammers.
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Title:
Martha-Mary Chapel, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
The picturesque Martha-Mary Chapel, at the head of the Village green, was dedicated to the mothers of Henry and Mrs. Ford. Although it is not an exact reproduction of a particular New England Chapel, it combines the design characteristics of many. The chapel bell was cast by the son of Paul Revere.
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Title:
Fairlane Inn Motel, 21430 Michigan Ave
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Logan 5-0800 adjoining Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
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Title:
Hotel Fordson
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Hotel Fordson. This popular priced Hotel on the edge of Detroit. Nearest to the ford Motor Co. Plant, Offices and rotunda Building. Ten minutes ride to the famous Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Air conditioned Dining Room and Cocktail Bar.
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Title:
Dearborn Towne House Motel, 2101 So. Telegraph
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
101 Luxury Air-Conditioned Rooms - Closest to Both Airports - Cocktail Lounge - Dining Room - Heated Pool - 1½ Miles to World Famous Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum
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Title:
Holiday Inn, 22900 Michigan Ave.
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Situated on the bank of the Rouge River in close proximity to Ford Motor Company, Greenfield Village and Museum. Facilities consist of 333 rooms, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, children's playground. Sauna, whirlpool, grille room, dining room, cocktail lounge and meeting rooms for 400 persons.
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Title:
Kings Arms Motel, 26040 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
1Mile W. of Telegraph Rd., Phone Cr 4-4400, Area Code 313 New Luxurious Units, Tub & Shower, Television, Air-Conditioned, Central Heating, 6 Miles to Detroit, Two Miles to Greenfield Village, Five Minutes to the Metropolitan Airport.
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Title:
Martha-Mary Chapel, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome PM 1954 Aug-21
Description:
The picturesque Martha-Mary Chapel. At the head of the Village green, was dedicated to the mothers of Henry and Mrs. Ford Although it is not an exact reproduction of a particular New England Chapel, it combines the design characteristics of many. The shapel bell was cast by the son of Paul Revere.
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Title:
Smith Creek Depot, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Originally located just south of Port Huron, Mich. It was at this station that Thomas A. Edison, a boy of 15 yrs., was ejected from the Grand Trunk Train, on which he worked as a news agent for accidentally starting a fire in the baggage car while experimenting with chemicals.
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Title:
Antique Automobiles, Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
The museum's display of 175 antique automobiles comprises one of the world's significant automobiles of both foreign and domestic manufacture are represented. The evolution of the automobile is traced from the early horseless carriage to the present day. all three major phases of development Steam, electric and gasoline - are included.
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Title:
The Decorative Arts Galleries, Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Furniture and decorations from four centuries of American homes grace the front Galleries of the Museum. Arranged chronologically, the thousands of pieces displayed provide a comprehensive survey of the decorative arts from the time of the Pilgrims to the 20th century.
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Title:
Liberal Arts Building, Henry Ford Community College
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
A community College, offering a variety of fully accredited programs in the college transfer and occupationally oriented fields to more than 8,000 students, is located on a beautiful 75-acre campus and serves as a cultural center for the entire community.
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Title:
Holiday Inn, 22900 Michigan Ave.
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Situated on the bank of the Rouge River in close proximity to Ford Motor Company, Greenfield Village and Museum. Facilities consist of 333 rooms, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, children's playground. Sauna, whirlpool, grille room, dining room, cocktail lounge and meeting rooms for 400 persons.
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Title:
Kings Arms Motel, 26040 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
1 Mile W. of Telegraph Rd. New Luxurious Units Tub& Shower, Television, Air-Conditioned, Central Heating 6 miles to Detroit, Two Miles to Greenfield Village, Five Minutes to the Metropolitan Airport.
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Title:
Sarah Jordan Boarding House, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Thomas Edison's bachelor assistants lived here while working on such inventions as the phonograph, telephone transmitter, and incandescent lamp. To celebrate New year's Eve 1879, they wired the house, their laboratory and the street between, making this the world's first electrically lighted home. It was moved to Greenfield Village from Menlo Park, N. J.
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Title:
White House Inn, 26121 Michigan Ave
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Just one mile west of Telegraph Rd. (U. S. 24) on Michigan Ave. Five minutes to Greenfield Village Air - cond. TV Free Movies - Soundproof rooms - Full Baths Double Beds Waterbeds Kitchenettes
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Title:
White House Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Just one mile west of Telegraph Rd. (U.S. 24) on Michigan Ave. Five minutes to Greenfield Village Air Cond. TV Free Movies - soundproof Rooms - Full Baths - Double Beds Waterbeds - Kitchenettes. 26121 Michigan Ave. - Dearborn Area
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Nestled among stately elms on its extensive grounds, Dearborn Inn bids a friendly welcome to those who come to Dearborn, whether on business or pleasure. This famous Inn was built by Henry Ford to accommodate passengers arriving at the former Ford airport, across the street. Next door neighbour of Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum the Inn's facilities provide 180 guest rooms, two restaurants, cocktail lounge, heated big swimming pool, and two tennis courts.
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Divided Back unused
Description:
Tennis Courts The Dearborn Inn on Oakwood Boulevard adjacent to Greenfield Village Dearborn, Michigan.
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Title:
Patrick Henry House, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Divided Back unused
Description:
"Patrick Henry House" in the Colonial Village at Dearborn Inn Dearborn, Michigan Adjacent to Greenfield Village.
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Title:
Walt Whiteman House, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Divided Back unused
Description:
"Walt Whiteman House" in the Colonial Village at Dearborn Inn Dearborn, Michigan A "Treadway Inn" Adjacent to Greenfield Village.
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Divided Back unused
Description:
On Oakwood Boulevard adjacent to Greenfield Village
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Title:
Martha - Mary Chapel, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
The picturesque Martha-Mary Chapel, at the head of the Village green, was dedicated to the mothers of Henry and Mrs. Ford. Al though it is not an exact reproduction of a particular New England Chapel, it combines the design characteristics of many. The chapel bell was cast by the son of Paul Revere.
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Title:
Looking Across The Village Green, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
General Offices Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo PM 1932 Jun-28
Description:
The main office building of the Ford Motor Company is located at the Rouge Plant, Dearborn. It is spacious building of white limestone! The first three floors are devoted entirely to offices of which there are more than 200. Cafeteria and dining rooms are located on the top floor.
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Title:
Stephen Foster Cottage,Restored In Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Gate Lodge Entrance, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Here visitors begin their tour of Greenfield Village with its craft shops and homes of such famous American's as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Luther Burbank, the Wright Brothers, Noah Webster and many others.
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Title:
Museum Tower The Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
The tower is an exact replica of famous Independence Hall, Philadelphia, birthplace of American Freedom, and contains even the mistakes made in the original building. It was dedicated in 1929 to Thomas Edison and the spirit of modern science, industry, agriculture and transportation.
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Title:
Gog And Magog, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Sir John Bennett's Jewelry Shop
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Title:
Air View Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Cotswold Cottage, Greenfiled Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
The Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Fit for a king but shrouded in mystery is this 1914 Daimler, purportedly a gift from Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany to the King of Bulgaria. In 1936, the exiled Kaiser disclaimed any knowledge of the car. The Daimler Benz Company reported that the serial numbers corresponded to these on a car sold to a Copenhagen businessman, but the description proved it to be another automobile. The handmade limousine is a classic example of the craftsmanship of German coach builders. The interior is upholstered in brocade and finished in inlaid rosewood and mahogany and the inside window and door fixtures are of delicately carved ivory and gold-plate. To date, the car's origin is still unknown. Here it is parked before the Sir John Bennett Jewelry Store.
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Title:
Ford Rotunda Administration Building And The River Rough Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
In the foreground the Ford Rotunda, where visitors are welcomed, facing it the Administration Building, and in the background the Rouge Plant itself - The greatest single industrial development in the world.
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Title:
Air View Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
The historic village centers in the "green" as did early American Communities. About this sporty stand the public buildings the Inn, the Chapel, the School, the Court House, the Town Hall and the General Store.
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Title:
Ford Rotunda Administration Building And The River Rough Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
In the foreground the Ford Rotunda, where visitors are welcomed, facing it the Administration Building, and in the background the Rouge Plant itself - The greatest single industrial development in the world.
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Title:
Greenfield Village Stagecoach, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
As there are no automobiles allowed in t his historical village, a waiting carriage greets the visitor to carry him to the many points of interest.
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Title:
Falcon Inn Motel
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
"First and last motel in Dearborn" Restaurant on premise. Near to Greenfield village.
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Title:
Blast Furnances And Giant Raw Materials Storage Bins
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
At Ford Motor Company's Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. The storage bins hold iron ore, limestone and coal, ingredients necessary for the making of pig iron.
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Title:
Edison's Laboratory
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Upper floor, Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, re-erected in Greenfield Village.
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Title:
Ford Model T
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Ford Model T - 1909, the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. The Ford Motor Company proudly proclaimed in 1907 that the $950.00 cost of this Model "T" touring car included "magneto, top, windshield, gas lamps, speedometer, three oil lamps, horn and kit of tools." Weighing 1,200 pounds the "T" had a four cylinder 20 horsepower engine and became one of the most famous cars ever built. More than 15 million were built between 1908 and 1927.
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Title:
Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Mannheim Benz
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Mannheim Benz - 1905-1909, the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, This classic attempt at distinctive styling was made by the Mannheim-Benz Company of Mannheim, Germany. The famous name of Benz survived the fierce early competition of automative manufacture and was later joined with "Daimler," another important name in motoring. Out of this combination came one of the finest automobiles in the world in 1926 - the Mercedes.
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Title:
Daimler
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Daimler - 1894, the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, This unwieldly horseless carriage was built in Germany in 1894 under the later famous name of Daimler. It's three and one-half horsepower, two cylinder engine made it no faster than a horse and much less dependable. The heavy, four-passenger Victoria is but one of more than 165 automobiles and trucks in the Henry Ford Museum.
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Title:
Ford Rotunda At Night
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1947
Description:
The Ford Rotunda consists of an imposing gear-shaped central section from which rectangular wings extend to the north and south. The circular section is 215 feet in diameter. In its center is a court 92 feet in diameter which is open to the sky. The rotunda is built of Indiana limestone and steel. Its construction required 114,000 feet of cut limestone and 1,000 tons of structural steel.
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Title:
Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1943
Description:
Greenfield Village the Nation's living history book. In the eight years it has been opened to the public, Greenfield Village has become one of the most widely known tourist attractions in the U. S. In 1940, more than half a million people visited this inspiring 200-acre collection gathered by Henry ford at Dearborn, Michigan.
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Title:
Greenfield Village Stagecoach, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
As there are no automobiles allowed in this historical village, a waiting carriage greets the visitor to carry him to the many points of interest.
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Title:
Gog And Magog, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Sir John Bennett's Jewelry Shop
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Title:
Stephen Foster House, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Old Clinton Inn, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1937
Description:
Period 1832
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Title:
Logan County Court House
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Re-erected in Greenfield Village
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Title:
Blacksmith Shop, The Edison Institute
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Greenfield Village, the Edison Institute
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Title:
Gate Lodge Entrance, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Clinton Inn, The Edison Institute
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Greenfield Village, the Edison Institute
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Title:
Entrance Edison Institute Museum
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Suwanee Stern Paddle Steamer, Restored at Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
General Store, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
The Waterford General Store was the principal shopping place in a small Michigan town, a short distance from Detroit, after it was built nearly a century ago. Besides being a general store, it served variously as a church, residence, roller skating rink and meeting house.
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Title:
Cape Cod Windmill, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI) PM 1948
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Title:
Bagley Avenue, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Birthplace of Ford Car. In this brick shed at the rear of 58 bagley Avenue, Mr. Ford carried on some of his early automobile experiments while employed as an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company. Three lathes, drill presses and hand tools are those used in building his first car. The right hand door had to be torn out and made larger because Mr. Ford forgot to measure the door when he built the car inside.
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Title:
Daimler, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Fit for a king but shrouded in mystery is this 1914 Daimler, purportedly a gift from Kaiser Wilhelm of germany to the King of Bulgaria. In 1936, the exiled Kaiser disclaimed any knowledge of the car. The Daimler Benz Company reported that the serial numbers corresponded to those on a car sold to a Copenhagen businessman, but the description proved it to be another automobile. The handmade limousine is a classic example of the craftsmanship of German coach builders. The interior is upholstered in brocade and finished in inlaid rosewood and mahogany and the inside window and door fixtures are of delicately carved ivory and gold-palte. To date. the car's origin is still unknown. Here it is parked before the Sir John Bennett Jewelry Store.
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Title:
Gog And Magog, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Sir John Bennett's Jewelry Shop,
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Title:
Gate Lodge Entrance, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Here visitors begin their tour of Greenfield Village with its craft shops and homes of such famous Americans as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Luther Burbank, the Wright Brothers, Noah Webster and many others.
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI) PM 1937
Description:
A "Treadway Inn" on Oakwood Boulevard adjacent to Greenfield Village Dearborn, Michigan
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Title:
The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI) unused
Description:
On Oakwood Boulevard adjacent to Greenfield Village and Edison Institute Museum Dearborn, Michigan
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Title:
Patrick Henry House
Dearborn Michigan (MI) unused
Description:
In the Colonial Village at Dearborn Inn Dearborn, Michigan Adjacent to Greenfield Village
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Title:
Looking Across The Village Green, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Antique Automobiles, Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome PM 1968
Description:
The Museum's display of 175 antique auto mobiles, comprises one of the world's largest collections of historic motor vehicles. Significant automobiles of both foreign and domestic manufacture are represented. The evolution of the automobile is traced from the early horseless carriage to a prototype of the "tomorrow's car". All three major phases of development steam, electric and gasoline - are included.
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Title:
Chapel of Martha-Mary, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1940
Description:
A typical colonial church overlooking the village green serves as a morning assembly place for the children of the Greenfield Village schools and the Edison Institute High School. The bell in the tower was cast by the son of Paul Revere
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Title:
Ford Rotunda
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
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Title:
Ford Industries
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM Sep-2
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Title:
Michigan Ave. at Schaefer
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
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Title:
Rouge Plant Docks, Ford Motor Company
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Real Photo unused
Description:
Are 1 1/3 miles long and are on the Rouge River. Here Ford ships ad other Great Lakes freighters bring in great cargoes of iron ore, coal, limestone and lumber used in the manufacture of Ford cars and trucks. The storage bins have a capacity of 2,000,000 tons.
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Title:
Michigan Ave. at Schaefer
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
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Title:
Ford Motor Company Central Office Building
American Road-Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Tours through the world-famous Rouge Plant, originating at the "Visitor's Reception Center" located in the east concourse, depart every half-hour, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, (except holidays). No admission charge. Ample parking. For further information write Public Relations, Special Events Department
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Title:
Dearborn Assembly Plant
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
Located at Ford Motor Company's world-famous Rouge Plant in Dearborn, where models of the Ford Mustang and Mercury Cougar are assembled. The Dearborn Assembly Plant is one of 20 operated by Ford Motor Company in North America
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Title:
Night Owl Lunch Wagon - Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Title:
Fairland Inn Motel
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
21430 Michigan Avenue. LOgan 5-0800. Adjoining Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
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Title:
Loranger Grist Mill, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
this old mill was built by a Michigan pioneer in Monroe in 1832. The miller can still be seen by visitors to Greenfield Village as he uses the old stone grinding method. A superior quality of cornmeal, cracked wheat, buckwheat and whole wheat flour is ground in this mill
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Title:
The Westerner Beef Buffet
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
Description:
24825 Michigan Ave. 1/4 mile W. of Telegraph Rd. "Just Fine Food" A Real Family Style Restaurant. Come As You Are. Open at 11:30 AM - 7 days a week. Featuring Roast Beef and many other entrees. Lenten dishes on Fridays. When in Birmingham, visit our newest location at 4108 W. Maple Rd. 1 block west of Telegraph Rd
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Title:
Menlo Park, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Here the great inventor developed his most significant contributions to science and modern convenience - the electric light, the phonograph, the microphone and the telephone transmitter among them. The laboratory has been restored just as Edison knew it when he worked there three-quarters of a century ago. Part of the extensive collection of Edison material in Greenfield Village and the Museum, the Menlo Park Laboratory is one of the focal points of the exhibit
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Title:
Suwanee, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
This ancient paddlewheel river steamer floats on a miniature Suwanee below the site of Stephen Foster's house in Greenfield Village. The engines are from the original which Thomas Edison used for fishing expeditions during his winter months at Fort Myers, Florida. The colorful little river boat is typical of those that once plied the Mississippi
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Title:
The first Ford, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM Aug-22
Description:
In 1896, Henry Ford built his first car in a small shed at the rear of his home at 58 Bagley Avenue in Detroit. It was a four cycle motor with two cylinders which generated from three to four horsepower. Today, visitors may see the birthplace of the first Ford as it has been resotred in Greenfield Village, as well as his first car which is displayed in the Henry Ford Museum
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Title:
Wright Brothers Cycle Shop And Homestead, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
Description:
Series 8A655-N
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Title:
Edison Institute Museum, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Series 47576
Edison Institute Museum, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Mich., contains hundreds of priceless relics in Colonial artistry. This institute of paramount interest to the mechanically inclined was established in memory of the great American inventor.
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Dearborn Youth Center, 15801 Michigan
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Chrome unused
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Originally proposed during World War II by students from Dearborn High School who repeatedly stormed City Hall complaining that "Once you've seen a movie, you've seen Dearborn," the smartly designed Youth Center was opened on Nov. 5, 1959 after 15 years of planning and trying to obtain required 60% voter approval. Attractive, spacious (40,000 square feet) and completely air-conditioned, the appealing facility serves as the Hub of the World's finest recreation program. Its 96 x 150 foot Dome Room is a wonderful place for small conferences, shows and exhibits, big banquets, public meetings. Roller Skating and Dances. The building also has a modern snack bar; 16 ,meeting rooms, some with kitchens; five enclosed rooms equipped with color TV sets; a large games area, and free parking for 2,000 cars.
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Ford Rotunda
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Ford Rotunda, Administration building and the river Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Mich.
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General Store, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen PM 1952
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The Waterford General Store was the principal asopping Place in a small Michigan Town,a short distance from Detroit ,after it was built nearly a century ago.Beside being a general store ,it served variously as a church ,residence,roller skating rink and meeting house.1952 .
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Stephen Foster Cottage, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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The Stephen Foster house stands on a bluff overlooking a miniature of the river Foster made famous, the "Suwanee." Some of the furniture now in the historic house was there when Foster lived in it.
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Interior Of Ford Rotunda
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Ford Model T
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Ford Model T - 1908-1909, the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, The Ford Motor Company proudly proclaimed in 1907 that the $950.00 cost of this Model "T" touring car included "magneto, top, windshield, gas lamps, speedometer, three oil lamps, horn and kit of tools." Weighing 1,200 pounds the "T" had a four cylinder 20 horsepower engine and became one of the most famous cars ever built. ore than 15 million were built between 1908 and 1927.
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The Dearborn Inn
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Main Dining Room -Roomy-Light and Cheerful
The Dearborn Inn On Oakwood Boulevard adjacent to Greenfield Village and Edison Institute Museum Dearborn, Michigan
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Smith's Creek Railway Station, Greenfield Village
Dearborn Michigan (MI), Linen unused
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Smith's Creek Railway Station, located in Henry Ford's American Village Dearborn, Mich., is one of the many points of interest to be found in this spot. This village is the expression of the American sentiment for the treasures of its traditions
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