Greenfield Village is working historical museum and village in Dearborn, Michigan, birthplace of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford's masion, FairLane, in on the University of Michigan Dearborn campus and is absolutely beautiful. Henry had a love for history (like me) and set out to preserve and restore as many artifacts and homes as possible. He collected millions of machines, planes, cars, trains, farm tools, equipment, household goods, papers, magazines, etc. He placed all of those in the Henry Ford Museum which is built as a replica to Philadelphia's Independence Hall. For the Village, he bought and brought dozens of homes and factories. His great friends, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone have homes and shops here along with Orville and Wilbur Wright. For this day trip I took over 200 pictures and could only choose 20 to put here. Go to their website for a virtual tour. The time period of the village is mostly 1880-1920 but has homes dating from the 1600's
A Tool Foundry and the Brass Candlestick that I made all by myself!
The 1754 Daggett Farmhouse, a saltbox style typical to New England. The above is of the kitchen
The train yard and switch
Noah Webster's home and some of his first dictionaries. He standardized the English spelling for us. No more hukd on fonix...
A village couple dressed in 1910 style clothes
Inside Edison's Menlo Park laboratory, where they still have some of the original lightbulbs burning!
The Wright Shop, with bikes and small planes inside
A car ride through the village
The First Ford Motor Comp with a Model A
Harvey Firestone's childhood home and farm
A Tool Foundry and the Brass Candlestick that I made all by myself!
The 1754 Daggett Farmhouse, a saltbox style typical to New England. The above is of the kitchen
The train yard and switch
Noah Webster's home and some of his first dictionaries. He standardized the English spelling for us. No more hukd on fonix...
A village couple dressed in 1910 style clothes
Inside Edison's Menlo Park laboratory, where they still have some of the original lightbulbs burning! 
The Wright Shop, with bikes and small planes inside
A car ride through the village
The First Ford Motor Comp with a Model A
Harvey Firestone's childhood home and farm
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