Frank Caddy at the Power Loom in Plymouth Carding Mill (now Gunsolly Carding Mill), Greenfield Village, 1935
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Craftspeople have presented weaving demonstrations at Greenfield Village since it opened to the public in 1933. Weavers have used several historic and refurbished looms to create a variety of hand-crafted textiles and to tell the story of textile production in America. This photograph shows Frank Caddy, future Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village president, at a power loom in 1935.
Craftspeople have presented weaving demonstrations at Greenfield Village since it opened to the public in 1933. Weavers have used several historic and refurbished looms to create a variety of hand-crafted textiles and to tell the story of textile production in America. This photograph shows Frank Caddy, future Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village president, at a power loom in 1935.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
27 May 1935
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
99.0.1.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Backing (Textile material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11.188 in
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