Scotch Settlement School at Its Original Site in Dearborn Township, Michigan, circa 1926

Summary

Henry Ford attended this one-room school from age seven to ten. In 1923, Henry Ford restored the school on its original site and operated an experimental preschool there--a precursor to the more extensive school system that Henry Ford started in Greenfield Village in 1929.

Henry Ford attended this one-room school from age seven to ten. In 1923, Henry Ford restored the school on its original site and operated an experimental preschool there--a precursor to the more extensive school system that Henry Ford started in Greenfield Village in 1929.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1926

Creators

Unknown

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.P.O.6246

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in

Width: 10 in

Scotch Settlement School

Details

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