Dining Room in Noah Webster Home, Greenfield Village, 1947
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Henry Ford admired textbook pioneer and spelling reformer Noah Webster. Ford purchased Webster's New Haven, Connecticut, home and moved it to Greenfield Village in 1936 to join a growing list of historic buildings in Ford's outdoor museum in Dearborn, Michigan. This image shows the house's interior in 1947.
Henry Ford admired textbook pioneer and spelling reformer Noah Webster. Ford purchased Webster's New Haven, Connecticut, home and moved it to Greenfield Village in 1936 to join a growing list of historic buildings in Ford's outdoor museum in Dearborn, Michigan. This image shows the house's interior in 1947.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
09 May 1947
Subject Date
09 May 1947
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Relocated buildings and structures
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.84250
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 11 in
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