Server at Eagle Tavern in Greenfield Village, October 2007
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Today, the Henry Ford staff provides visitors with an authentic dining experience at Eagle Tavern--a 19th-century roadside waystation brought to Greenfield Village by Henry Ford in 1927. Cooks prepare bills-of-fare based on historical recipes and wait staff in period-appropriate dress serve the meals. Costumed presenters chat with visitors about daily life in this tavern during the 1850s (the period of interpretation) before visitors dine.
Today, the Henry Ford staff provides visitors with an authentic dining experience at Eagle Tavern--a 19th-century roadside waystation brought to Greenfield Village by Henry Ford in 1927. Cooks prepare bills-of-fare based on historical recipes and wait staff in period-appropriate dress serve the meals. Costumed presenters chat with visitors about daily life in this tavern during the 1850s (the period of interpretation) before visitors dine.
Artifact
Digital photograph
Subject Date
October 2007
Keywords
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.171.1100
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Digital photography (Digital camera)
Color
Multicolored
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