F 574 D28 E23 CA NON CIRCULATING . . . . . **** 3*** 201 A 58187 4 * 4 3 ... STIIL ARTES LIBRARY KENYUSUNLININKI 1817 VERITAS UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PLURTIUS UNLE TUEBOR CIRCUMSPICE SCIENTIA SI-QUERIS-PENINSULAM AMⱭINAM IBEBBIÛBLISE OF THE MEETS TA ANAMATAN TENAN HKUJUDAN (4322"|||||||||||||| BANDALAGĮ LATINON + Edison COCCO INSTITUTE MUSEUM VILLAGE and 34 ARD 4870 F 574 D28 The Edison Institute E23 HUNDRED acres at Dearborn, Michigan, have been set aside for an educational project which reflects the ideas of its founder Henry Ford. The name "Edison" typifies the spirit of the institution. Mr. Ford has named it after his friend Mr. Thomas A. Edison, who has been an inspiration to him and many others in his indefatigable work for the benefit of all. Serving the institute is a museum which is really a living textbook of human and technical history. The museum is intended to minister more to the student type of mind than to the curious visitor. That is, its purpose is primarily educational. The museum building is fronted by a group of units containing classrooms, workshops, libraries, audi- torium and executive offices. These buildings are architectural replicas of Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the old City Hall of Philadelphia. The Inde- pendence Hall unit is the center building joined by arcades and corridors to the exhibition building in the rear, the auditorium on the left, and the classrooms on the right. Visitors enter the museum through the door of the central unit. As the exhibits are not yet completely installed the public is being given an oppor- tunity to see the methods and labor involved in an under- taking of this magnitude. Supplementary to this group and adjoining it on the east is the historical village. Here the handicraft arts of the past are presented as they were practised in their original environment of public buildings and residences which in their turn illustrate the development of archi- tectural types. [#phi 1 } Page two } J-C. ris. 1 ¿ - Ref. ARRIVAL AT ENTRANCE 574 .D28 E 23 M GATE LODGE Vikarmiarvátedra dina kemurrayON F NOTE TO VISITORS This booklet has been compiled for you as a souvenir of your visit here. Although the village is not yet completed, every object of interest at present located therein is pictured and briefly described. In the center of the booklet is a map on which each is located and numbered to correspond with the number used in the descrip- tion. You will note that some buildings are not ready for visitors but an effort has been made to show you the principal ones. We hope you will enjoy your visit. General Description Tickets admitting to both village and museum may be obtained at the waiting room depot, whence visitors may proceed to either point. Carriages leave the depot for the village at regular intervals between 8:30 and 3:30 o'clock week days; and 11 and 4 o'clock Sundays. The historical village centers in the "green," as do all Colonial communities. About this spot stand the public buildings, the church, the school, the inn, the store, the courthouse and the town hall. On your tour you will be taken first to the inn, and will commence the visit with the buildings centered about the green. .. Page three تم An o HETER PALM 1 CLINTON INN. (Built in 1831-32.)-This typical hostelry of 100 years ago stood in Clinton, Michigan, and was an overnight stop on the stagecoach run between Detroit and Chicago up to the early fifties. One of the last dances held on the spring ballroom floor was on New Year's in 1876. The inn has been furnished in the style of the early days. 2 OLD STONE MILL.-Patterned after similar structures of seventy-five or more years ago, this building may serve some day as the home of one of the village industries. The basement houses the heating plant of the chapel. (Not yet completed.} 3 CHAPEL OF MARTHA-MARY (Nonsectarian.)—A typical Colo- nial church overlooking the green, open to worshipers of all creeds and serving residents of the village and pupils of school and institute as a retreat and religious cen- ter. It is named after the mothers of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford. The bricks and front doors are from the girlhood home of Mrs. Ford and the first sod was turned by her when its erection was begun. The spire is a copy of one in Bradford, Massachusetts, and the bell in the steeple was cast by a son of Paul Revere. mille tu Påge four 4 SUWANEE-Stern paddle Missis- sippi River boat such as plied on the shallow waters more than fifty years ago. After some years on the Missis- sippi and Suwanee rivers, it was en- larged and removed to Fort Myers, Florida, where it carried passengers, freight and mail on the Caloosahatchee River and was frequently used by Thomas Alva Edison during the winter months. The original engines were recovered by Mr. Ford and have been installed in the boat. (Not yet open to visitors.} 5 रु SCOTCH SETTLEMENT SCHOOL.-It was here that Mr. Ford first attended school, occupying a back corner seat. On the first day of school after the build- ing was removed to its present site, Mr. Ford and his seat mate again sat in their old corner and inscribed their ini- tials on the desk. The building was erected in 1861 and stood in the old Scotch Settlement. L SUNAVE 6 LINCOLN COURTHOUSE. (Where Abraham Lincoln prac- tised law. This two-story frame structure of black walnut, formerly a courthouse of Logan County, Illinois, was erected in 1840 and for eight years thereafter Abraham Lincoln practised law in it. The lower floor was used for court with the judge's bench at one end and a fireplace at the other. During the Edison celebra- tion on October 21, 1929, President Hoover lighted the fire in this fireplace. One of the articles of furni- ture shown is the original corner cupboard fashioned by young "Abe" Lincoln and his father to pay for a book borrowed from neighbor and spoiled. a TUES Page five Jur 7 TOWN HALL. {Community Center.}-On the east end of the common, directly opposite the chapel, stands an impressive white building which is to serve as the town hall, although during the past year it has been used as a school. The interior includes a rostrum stage at the west end and an old style stove in front with stove- pipes crossing the stage. Note four Ionic columns. 8 SIR JOHN BENNETT'S JEWELRY SHOP.-For many years a landmark on Cheapside, in the heart of Lon- don. The four effigies-Gog and Magog, the angel and Father Time-were historic figures. The original facade has been reconstructed into a two-story building to house the clock and effigies. This struc- ture contains exhibits of beautiful examples of jewelry and pioneer methods of watch and clock making. Visi- tors should be sure to see the effigies strike time on the hour, the quarter, the half or the three-quarter hour. MENLO PARK GROUP Inclosed in the rectangular yard surrounded by the white picket fence are buildings reconstructed from or replicas of those used by Mr. Edison at Menlo Park, New Jersey, during his stay there between 1876 and 1886. Streets have been named after those at Menlo Park and the buildings are in their original orientation. Page six 9 OFFICE AND LIBRARY. {At the corner of Monmouth and Christie streets. This building had been entirely dis- mantled. Only one shutter of the orig- inal was located, but in each new shutter a part of the old has been worked. The brickyard which supplied Mr. Edi- NELĖS KINASEM L son for the original structure supplied the brick with which the building has been restored. The first floor is furnished as in 1879 with furniture of cherry wood brought to Dearborn from Menlo Park. 1121. **19*10:116 ALIMENTA 10 LABORA- TORY.-Here the first phonograph was produced, also the practical incan- descent lamp, along with numerous other inventions, including the microphone and telephonetransmitter. Mr. Francis Jehl, who assisted Mr. Edison at the invention of the light, is in charge of the laboratory. Restored to appear as it was in Mr. Edison's day, it contains original instruments and apparatus as well as models of many of his inventions. JEFEL CARBON SHED.-Here under 11 a canopy was a battery of smok- ing kerosene lamps. It was part of the night watchman's job to turn the flame high and make soot to be used in the carbon telephone and in lamp experiments. Note the press, shipping boxes, a few of the original lamps and the scales for weighing carbon buttons. · · Page seven JAN aula >" ་ ་ ། dents are reconstructing sewing machines, bicycles, and numerous kinds of scientific apparatus. It houses early Edison dynamos, the original boiler from Menlo Park, the first electric light chandeliers and many other interesting relics. Adjoining it is an annex containing a battery of genera- tors such as fur- nished current to the first central sta- tion for lighting the buildings of Menlo Park. Pa CARPENTER 12 SHED AND PAT- TERN SHOP. (In the rear of laboratory.)-Here many of Edison's wood- working models and pat- terns were constructed. MACHINE SHOP. 13 Historically the first central station for incandescent lighting in the world. In this shop at present men and stu- 14 LITTLE GLASS HOUSE.-Originally a photographic studio, this building became the shop where the first suc- cessful lamp bulb was blown. This is the original structure. The attic has been restored to appear as when the glass blower lived there; among other things it contains his zither. In the yard is the pit where broken apparatus was thrown. The pit has been re- produced and alongside is a glass case contain- ing relics recovered from the original dump. Other relics may be observed in the case in the glass house and on the shelves on the first floor of the laboratory. • Post poolRE ނ Page eight VIT Sulastre Sh with ان ( **** ·་་་་་ J FA Si 4/1/1 目 ​'Youss' أس ቦር ORING ما تمر المالى 1. // 16 MRS. SARAH JORDAN'S BOARDING HOUSE -This house stood originally in Menlo Park, New Jersey, when Edison toiled there. Several of his men boarded here. Wires were run to it from the Edison Ma- chine Shop for the first successful dem- onstration of the elec- tric light. The Jor- dan house was thus the first house lighted by the Edison incandescent lamp after its invention. ELECTRIC LO- 15 COMOTIVE.- In a shed across Christie Street from Menlo Park group is housed the first electric locomotive, made by Edison in 1880 and operated on a short track In near Menlo Park. the shed also are replicas of the two cars which made up the train. SUREME D CAN I DORA. 17 E FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, LABORATORY OF THOMAS A. EDI- SON. This labora- tory was a take-down type of building made in Maine and shipped to Fort Myers, Flor- ida, where it was set up in 1884-85. Here Mr. Edison worked during his winter so- journs in the warmer climate and here he perfected the wax record phonograph—an improvement over the tin foil machine. ARUGATUH تور Page nine MONTE MALVANEN E SITOIDAAN SANT ES EDISON 19 HOME- - R!! LUTHER BURBANK'S 18 OFFICE.-Study and of- fice used by Luther Burbank at his experimental farm in Santa Rosa, California. In conjunction with this little building-only fourteen by twenty feet in size-it is planned to have a small garden with representative plants and flowers developed by Mr. Bur- bank. STEAD.-When the great-grand- father of Thomas Alva Edison led his family into Upper Canada in 1811, he settled in Vienna, Ontario. In a short time, the log cabin was replaced by this homestead, the first and for many years the only frame structure in that region. In it the father of the inventor was born and grew to manhood. When his arrest was sought because of his participation in the rebellion of 1837, the homestead was ransacked by the military. By that time, Samual Edison had fled across the snow to the boundary and so escaped into the United States. The home is being re- stored by Mr. Ford. A -W~ en suisse saté 20 COTSWOLD COTTAGE GROUP.—Among the Cotswold Hills of England a distinctive style of small home architec- ture was developed about 1500 to 1700. Sheepherding and farming prospered in this district. The craftsmen using the materials at hand built their homes out of limestone, each differ- ing in minor detail from the other. The roofs are shingled with stone and supported with oak timbers; the stone window frames contain iron casement windows made by the local blacksmith. Rose Cottage, built about 250 years ago, originally consisted of two individual homes. They were located at Chedworth, Gloucestershire. The cottage was brought to the historical village via train and boat and reconstructed to appear exactly as it was in England. It has been furnished throughout with furniture of the Six- Page ten R teenth Century. Leather pitchers, or jugs, very rare wooden trenchers, a Bible chest and several valuable books of that period are included. Heating was from the open fireplaces. 21 SECRETARY HOUSE. (Pearson.)-Constructed in 1751 on Meeting House Hill in Exeter, New Hampshire, this home, which originally had a peek-type roof, was later renovated and given a square roof. It was built by Joseph Giddings, a merchant. In 1764 it became the residence of James Pearson, the first Secretary of State for New Hampshire, whereupon the hill was renamed Secretary Hill. It typifies early Colonial architecture. (Not yet completed and not open to visitors because of construction work.) CLARK HOUSE.- 22 Named after the man for whom it was built, J. P. Clark, brother of the donor of Clark Park in Detroit. The building typifies the style used and developed extensively west of the Alle- ghenies, particularly in Michigan. This building was erected in 1868 by Sophira Litogot, an uncle of Mr. Ford's living in Ecorse who was both a carpenter by trade and a trader by profession. The house stood originally on Taylor Center Town- line Road between Flat Rock and Brownstown and is an ex- ample of architecture in the sixties. (Not yet completed.} HEYYA GULE Ran 201 NEW Page eleven موس ELAS. Only it has been restored to its original condition. WATERFORD COUNTRY STORE. 24 {79 years old.}— This white frame structure was built in 1854 and served as the principal store of Waterford, Michigan, till its removal to the historical village, where it will serve the residents. Its interior pre- sents the original counters, old equip- ment used in stores of that day; the mer- chandise is of the same period. The store has re- ceived the name of Elias Brown, a store- keeper of New York State whose stock is now on the shelves. WWWWWW P STEINMETZ COTTAGE. 23From 1896 -From 1896 to 1923 Charles P. Steinmetz, consulting engineer of the General Electric Company, found seclusion and quiet in a camp-cottage on the Mohawk River near Schenec- tady. At the camp or in one of the two canoes anchored out in the river, Dr. Steinmetz solved many of his problems and wrote his books. After his death the cottage was presented to Mr. Ford and removed here, where 25 GARDNER HOME. (111 years old.) This old home is an example of the type of pioneer home of a century ago. The building is the original house, which was removed to the historical vil- lage and restored. It was formerly the home of Mr. R. Gardner, whose widow presented it to Mr. Ford. Page twelve 0000000 Ep 26 26 LIVERY STABLE. This type barn was used about a century ago. Note the gambrel roof and the weather vane. TYPICAL LOG 27 HOUSEOFMICH. IGAN PIONEER DAYS. -It originally stood one and one-quarter miles from Henry Ford's boy- hood home. Here he often came to talk with John Salter, a German hermit and something of a natural philosopher. The cabin is furnished as in the early days, and in its rear is an outdoor oven and an upright hollow log used for smoking meat. ANDREA REKULL GREENFIELD POST OFFICE. (130 years old.)-This 28 small building was erected in 1803 at Phoenix (later called Phoenixville}, Connecticut, and served for many years as its post office. It has been named Greenfield Village Post Office after Greenfield Town- ship, the birthplace of Mrs. Henry Ford. Post cards may be secured here and mailed with the Greenfield Village postmark. An old-fash- ioned pharmacy occupies one end of the building. Visitors should observe the hand-wrought nails, the hand-made shutters and laths, and the old apothecary ap- paratus. TINTYPE STUDIO.—Every small town half a century 29 ago boasted of a tintype studio and photograph gallery. In the building here shown were photographed many of the dis- tinguished guests at the celebration of Light's Golden Jubilee in October, 1929, and hundreds of important visitors since. It is designed with a skylight on one side of the roof and windows on · Page thirteen one wall. These are covered with white canvas or linen strung on hooks and so ar- ranged that they can be drawn with a stick to permit the degree of light required. Here may be seen an original daguerreo- type camera and many other articles of primitive photographic equipment. {LINEXG BRUNETTET Cont — — a vingtagte kam built in 1828, served as the toll keeper's stall at East Haverhill (Rock's Village), Massachusetts, on the banks of the Merrimac. The keeper having plenty of time on his hands installed shoemaking equip- ment and made shoes. Here today you may see him plying his old trade. On the wall hangs a framed copy of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "The Countess," in which he refers to it. Note the list of tolls on the side of the building, the swinging lamps, the fiddle, horn, fire bucket, musket, and sign from an old bridge. PLYMOUTH 31 HOUSE. (Typical of the small town and country houses of the past century.} ― s | JALATYASASAMA" | (RAME WIEN BAY LEYMDE -It was erected by Peter Trinkaus about 1845 in the town of Plymouth, Michi- gan (hence its name), for one Chris Fisher, a shoe- maker. ~STUB ریری ///// MEN TOLL HOUSE SHOE SHOP. 30 This unique little building, SMITH'S CREEK DEPOT. (Where the boy Edison was 32 put off the train.)-This is the identical depot at which Thomas Edison, a boy of fifteen years, was ejected from the Grand Trunk train on which he worked as news agent. While he was experimenting with chemicals in the baggage car some phosphorus accidentally set fire to the car's contents, whereupon both he and his "laboratory" were dropped off by the Page fourteen irate conductor. This depot, not far from Port Huron on the Detroit-Port Hu- ron route, was built by Findly McDonald and his brother in 1858. It has been re- stored to its appear- ance of sixty years ago. Note the old- fashioned luggage, the telegraph instruments, the platform, and the living quarters of the agent. THE OLD STYLE shed shelters an • 33 old-style train which has been restored to resemble the train of the early sixties on which Thomas Alva Edison as a boy sold newspapers, fruit and confections. On October 21, 1929, it brought the distinguished inventor, President Hoover and Mr. Ford, together with members of their party and guests, to the Smith's Creek depot. (Not shown to visitors except by special request.) اسد AMANTICA SPUTHS CRE 34 CURRIER SHOE SHOP FROM NEWTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE.-This shop dates back about fifty years and represents one of the early smaller shoe factories where machinery was used. Shoe stock was sent out from Haver- hill in an old freight wagon and made into women's slip- pers by groups of shoemakers. The shop was run by Will Cur- rier, who hired neighbors to help run the machines and do hand work. " Page fifteen • Z #FF MICHIGAN AVENUE MICHIGAN MUSEUM (41) CENTRAL 33 OLD STYLE TRAIN STATE STREET TRACK (32) 37 42 WASHINGTON 38 (48) (47) (26) 27 131 (28) 30 (46) 29 34 35 (25) (24 39 2 36 BOULEVARD 40 BAGLEY AVENUE (43) 44 MAIN STREET 45 GATE UGE-RIVER 3 VILLAGE GREEN PARKING CHRISTIE STREET 7 5 TO OAKWOOD BVLD. AND DEARBORN INN A MIDDLESEX AVE. 15 14 13 (12) MENLO PARKOOMS ARPORT DRIVE WOODBRIDGE Page sixteen 23 ITH DEARBORN ROAD (18) MONMOUTH 'AVE I-Clinton Inn 2-Old Stone Mill 3-Chapel of Martha-Mary 4-Steamer Suwannee MENLO PARK GROUP 9-Office and Library 10-Edison Laboratory II-Carbon Shed 12-Carpenter Shed 13-Machine Shop 22 5-Scotch Settlement School 6-Lincoln Court House 7-Town Hall 8-Sir John Bennett's Jewelry Shop 14-Little Glass House 15-Electric Locomotive 19 18-Luther Burbank's Office 19-Edison Homestead 20-Cotswold Cottage Group 21-Clark House 22-Secretary House 23-Steinmetz Cottage REST 16-Mrs. Jordan's Boarding House 17-Fort Myers Laboratory (21 TROOMS (20) 24-Country Store 25-Gardner House 26-Livery Stable 27-Pioneer Log Cabin 28-Post Office 29-Tintype Studio 30-Toll House Cobbler Shop 31-Plymouth House 32-Smith's Creek Depot 33-Old Style Train 34—Currier Shoe Shop 35-Kingston Cooper Shop 36-Blacksmith Shop 37—Original Jumbo Dynamo 38-Carding Mill 39-Pipe Engine House 40-First Power Silk Mill 41-Sandwich Glass Plant 42-Lapeer Foundry 43-Armington & Sims Shop 44-58 Bagley Avenue 45-Loranger Grist Mill 46-Research Laboratory 47-Old Saw Mill 48-Soy Bean Extraction Plant Page seventeen CHART VILLAGE 36 BLACK- SMITH SHOP.- At the corner of Washington and Main streets is the village blacksmith shop, a stone build- ing such as housed the pioneer smith. Through its open door the smith will be seen at his forge, using the hand bellows and other tools of that period. In addition to keeping the horses of the village shod, the blacksmith will teach early methods of working metal to students in the village. Note the collection of horseshoes. i - we. LAURICE 35 KINGSTON COOPER SHOP. (From King- ston, New Hamp- shire.-Dates back to about 1785 and will be equipped with crude hand tools and utensils of the pioneer coopersmith. The east side has been restored; the west is exactly as it was. Note shaving "horse" and hand tools. #it. ORIGINAL 37 JUMBO DY. NAMO. When the Pearl Street central sta- tion, first in New York. City or America, burned in 1890, five of the six Jumbo dynamos were burned. The remain- ing one, sole repre- sentative of Edison's steam engine-generator in. direct combination, is now housed in this frame shelter. Lanjenigen | 海润 ​с •Page eighteen CARDING MILL.-This story-and-a-half structure once stood near Plymouth, Michigan, where was erected about a century ago. Farmers from the surrounding country and from 38 CIKON PIPE ENGINE HOUSE.— 39 The first fire engines were manned by volunteers who stored engine and equipment in a house like that in the historical village. This one came from Newton, New Hampshire, and the engine from Farmington, New Hampshire. En- gine equipment varied; this one had four buckets and section hose on each side. About twelve men were required to operate it. 41 SANDWICH GLASS PLANT.-Named for the original famous American pressed glass factory of the 19th Century in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The bricks around the front door and windows are from the origi- nal plant. Glass is now being made here. as far away as Dearborn hauled their wool to it for carding. Henry Ford as a boy visited it when his father sold his wool. Today, students may be seen here weaving cloth as in the old days and many specimens of early patterns are shown. DEL 40 FIRST POWER SILK MILL IN U.S.-Erected in 1810 at Hanks' Hill, Mans- field, Connecticut, and oper- ated by water power. Note the production of silk thread from cocoons. ALL. METALINIA Page nineteen 42 LAPEER FOUNDRY. -Erected in Lapeer, Michigan, about 1860 to supply the needs of pioneer sawmills and lum- bering works. It was known as the Lapeer Steam En- gine Works and was owned by the late William Mc- Donald, who began the shop after fourteen years as apprentice. (NI-J ///// AKUTAL TUME MAREN 43 ARMING- ΤΟΝ & SIMS MACHINE SHOP.-A typical steam engine man- ufacturing plant of the eighties with lantern-type roof and center crane- way for assem- bly. For use with his incandescent lighting system, THE Mr. Edison fifty years ago sought a high-speed steam engine of a design capable of running smoothly under varying loads. Gardi- ner Sims of the Armington & Sims steam engine builders pro- duced an engine which came up to the specifications. Though the firm dissolved some years ago, the work of servicing the Armington & Sims engines was continued by C. E. Angell, a prominent machinist in Providence. Some of the original equipment which he retained was secured and removed here. MILORATË. ✓ 44 58 BAGLEY AVENUE. -During the early nineties while employed by The Detroit Edison Company as mechanical engineer, Henry Ford lived at 58 Bag- ley Avenue, Detroit. For a work shop he used a brick shed in the rear of the dwell- ing. Inside that shed he built his first automobile. Restored to its condition of 1893, the shed now stands in the historical village, and has many of the original tools. }!!!~ 1 Page twenty 45 LORANGER GRIST MILL.- This old stone burr grist mill from the River Raisin about five miles north of Monroe, Michigan, was erected in 1832 by E. Loranger, a French-Canadian from Three Rivers, Quebec, who arrived in Monroe County in 1816 and in 1826 obtained a land grant signed by John Quincy Adams for eighty acres on the banks of the Raisin. LORANGER Jau MILLS = 食​推 ​ 46 RESEARCH LABORA- TORY.-By-Prod- ucts Distillation. A modern note has been added to the village in this building, which serves to house the apparatus used by the students in their experiments. It has noth Am. (/h. been laid out according to their own ideas and here they are carrying on many experiments in agricultural chemistry. - TULMADE PETERIER ALLM [201]:1&ta Chokdale te and " Githa 111207 BIZI QUE OLD SAW- 47 MILL. This type of mill represents the sec- ond stage of de- velopment in lum- bering since hand sawing and dates back about ninety years. It adjoined the Loranger Grist Mill on the River Raisin near Mon- roe and was originally powered by water wheel. 48 SOY BEAN EXTRACTING PLANT.—Among the features of the Edison Institute work are experiments with soy beans and by-products. An extracting plant of temporary de- scription is located near the research laboratory. Page twenty-one いしい ​MUSEUM MIND PERAR Entrance to the Edison Institute Museum is made through Independence Hall, the large central unit with tower. Although not yet completed, the museum is being shown to visitors this summer to give them a preview that should prove both fascinating and unique. For never before has the public been offered an opportunity of seeing the amount and variety of labor required in cataloging and arranging a museum. 11 · Worth on wh Mie Pennsylvania Court Within the museum walls are two courts. That pictured here contains the Pump House, a replica of the Rittenhouse Observa- tory which once stood in Independence Square, Philadelphia. Page twenty-two ENTRANCE LOBBY "UNULA mattialaa ŠTARINE RELATE TOERTILIAU FAJLAMAWWA TE HUULTEITYJ Pww URLESS #hap TELE JA Just inside the entrance is the lobby with staircase, chandelier, lofty arched windows, and an atmosphere of dignity and Colonial simplicity. Here the visitors are assembled in groups and taken by guides on a tour of the interior. While in the lobby visitors should observe an exhibit containing a section of every cable stretched across the Atlantic. The sections are arranged in the order in which the cables were laid. Page twenty-three •{^{{**) Author: mi (AUGIMONIAL The Stoc A Seat 17 19281 KETTA WEWAY? tilat (E MOS ܠܝܚ ܠܐܐܐܝܐ ܀ EDISON CORNER STONE All visitors pause at the memorial to the great American whose genius and service to humanity inspired the founding of the Edison Institute and the erection of these buildings. The corner stone was dedicated by Mr. Edison himself on September 27, 1928, when he inscribed his name, marked his footprints and thrust in- to the wet concrete the shovel of Luther Burbank. A little more than one year later, the building became the scene of a formal banquet on October 21, 1929, the fiftieth anniversary of the in- vention of the electric îight. The events of that evening were broadcast over the radio to hundreds of thousands of listeners. FURNITURE On the visitor's right (as he views the corner stone) have been assembled a few of the finest pieces of early American fur- niture in the museum. Of particular interest is the suite of Chippendale chairs, dating back to the period before the Revolution, which were made in this country by a workman who came to the Colonies directly from the shops of Thomas Chippendale in England. A Sil LINCOLN PARLOR SUITE Of unusual interest is the carved rose- wood suite of furniture from the parlor of Licoln's home in Springfield, Illinois. This suite, originally designed for Mrs. Lincoln, was sold by her after the President's death to a family who removed it to Canada. It was brought back to this country by Mr. Ford. Martha Washington chair. Page twenty-four MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS בן ARHIT The +120ps 731 Interior Exhibition Hall. STEAM ENGINES Here the development of steam power is traced. The earliest engine dates back to 1760 and is of the Thomas Newcomen design. From that crude beginning the development has been followed down to the combination gasteam engine that saw many years' service in the power house of the Highland Park plant of the Ford Motor Com- pany. All these engines are being placed in actual working condition. Agricultural Group The agricultural collection, one of the largest, extends entirely across the museum. All forms of farm equipment are included, from the axes and grub hoes used to clear land to the threshing machines used for harvesting. The tour passes through both ends of this collection and affords a close view of mowers, hay rakes, fanning mills, plows, threshers, beehives, sap buckets, churns, hand-type planters, and other equipment not yet arranged. C Page twenty-five ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT The collection of electrical equipment is the largest and most complete in the world. When reconditioned and arranged, it will present a detailed history of the development and perfection of such equipment. Original experimental apparatus used by Mr. Edison in addition to that exhibited in the Menlo Park group in the Village, is included here. Transportation A large portion of the Edison Institute Museum will trace the progressive steps of man's increasing dominance over time and distance. The various collections to be devoted to this history of transportation have not as yet been brought together but may be seen grouped in different parts of the museum. BICYCLES Part of the bicycle collection shown during the tour has been placed in progressive order. Many styles are represented in- cluding the kangaroo, the ordinary, the star, the safety, the tan- dem, the tricycle and the velocipede. The ten-rider bicycle, said to have been the largest ever built and used, is here on dis- play. HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES Gigs, shays, barouches, phaetons, broughams, buggies, landaus, rockaways, stage coaches and wagons of all types will be included in this exhibition of horse-drawn vehicles. Many of the carriages are historic, having served important personages. One of these is a three-wheel phaeton used by Lafayette during a visit to the United States many years after the Revolutionary War. STOVES Practically every kind of stove used to heat an American home is found in this collection of more than one hundred types. Many are highly ornamental as well as unique in construction and heating arrangements. Page twenty-six PROCKETA ינו AUTOMOBILES Wlm B**IM ++B+z+y The collection of automobiles is the most complete of its kind. It includes both European and American makes, many of which may be driven under their own power. They date back to the very beginning of the vehicle. Particularly interesting is the progress of the industry as illustrated by various models of Ford cars which trace it back to the first model "A" of 1903; included are such famous ones as the fifteen millionth car and the "999," racing car built by Henry Ford in which he set a world's record for the mile on the ice of Lake St. Clair in January, 1904. STEAM LOCOMOTIVES LAGIME STYMAMÜ MUNA NGENDE PREMT כנכברה A reproduction of the "Rocket," the first successful steam locomo- tive, is an interesting ex- hibit in the transporta- tion group. This repro- duction was made by the builders of the origi- nal "Rocket," which was constructed in England in 1829. CALEB TAFT'S BLACKSMITH SHOP The entire equipment of this old blacksmith shop was brought from Uxbridge, Massachusetts, and dates back to about 1830. Caleb Taft was a friend of Longfellow's. The poet visited the shop many times. An old sling used for shoeing oxen may be seen. The hand bellows, a forge, tools and other equipment are original. Page twenty-seven د. EARLY AMERICAN CRAFT SHOPS da te han i dag GAUDYSVALLAVARANKA Arranged as in an early American village street are a number of shops showing various crafts and industries of former days. The present inclosures are temporary and will eventually be replaced. Much of the equipment in the shops is original, and the arrangement of each is typical of its period. Among the shops reconstructed are those of the pottery worker, the tinsmith, the candle maker, the gunsmith and lock- smith; a hardware store, a harness shop, a cooperage, a wood turner shop, a volunteer fire department, Caleb Taft's blacksmith shop; shoe, machine, and pewter shops; an apothecary and an early barber shop. WOOD TURNER'S SHOP In this shop have been assembled various types of lathes and other wood-turning equipment. In one corner is a spring pole lathe of early form. The large overhead-drive foot lathe did the heavy work, such as turning bed posts. The "great wheel," or man-power lathe, was used up to the development of steam power. The wheel, which was turned by an apprentice, was equipped with cranks of different lengths to accommodate it to the power needed for the work being done on the lathe. On the workbench are shown a two-motion (or rise-and-fall) wood drill, hewing hatchets, a frow, and frow mallet. WHEELWRIGHT SHOP Here are displayed the tools and equipment used in fashion- ing early wagon and buggy wheels. A hand-powered saw for cutting felloes (segments of rim) and a crude wooden mortising machine used in making wheel hubs were important implements. From Epping, New Hampshire. CIRCA 1850. Page twenty-eight RAILROAD STATION With stove, prints of early engines, time-tables, and benches, this waiting room is characteristic of the stations along the early New England railroad lines. On one side is the office with its desk, its ticket rack, and its levers for operating signals to direct the trains. PRINTING SHOP A number of early-type presses have been assembled in this shop. These are all foot- or hand-powered, and are still capable of doing work. A Washington press built in 1827 is included in the collection, as is a hand-powered newspaper press. CANDLE SHOP In this shop are illustrated the two most common methods of making candles, the dip and the mould. Two types of dips are shown, the one in the corner being built like a scale with weights ZEALJINES MONTAURE to balance the candles and regulate their size, and the one in the center of the shop representing an original of the rotary type. Candle moulds are shown on the workbenches, along with other examples of candle-making equipment. Several original tallow caldrons are in this shop. BARBER SHOP Characteristic of the period circa 1875. On the hat rack may be seen hats and derbies. Individual shaving mugs are on shelves against the side wall. The stuffed owl, the coal stove with the copper water heater, the hand pump and sink, the arrow- back barber chair, and the tonic bottles are authentic. office mate Page twenty-nine SHOE STORE In the center is the customers' settee. Various styles and sizes of shoes are about the walls. In the rear is the repair shop with the cobbler's bench and equipment. POTTERY WORKS From Exeter, New Hampshire, 1817.-Equipment used in making earthenware is shown in this shop. On the two kick heels which have been restored are pots in process of being moulded. In one corner is a lead mill for grinding red lead used in glazing the sides of the clay pots. A number of hand-made pots are displayed on the shelves. FIRE ENGINES From Plymouth, Massachusetts. Originally the four fire engines ;rcuped here were located in different sections of Plymouшu and at one time comprised the entire fire-fighting equipment of that village. The first engine, the "Niagara," which was purchased in 1797, was of the bucket type. It was converted into a suctio engine in 1829. engine in 1829. The "Fountain," purchased in 1801, was al. o of the bucket type and has not been altered. The other two y ere named the "Rapid" and the "Torrent." In the smal fire station will be seen the old hand-tub fire engine "Rocksvillage," which was located in Rocksvillage, now East Haverhill, Massachusetts. This is the engine alluded to by John G. Whittier in his short verse "The Old Dumbetty Engine." On the walls are sets of individual buckets with the owners' names, also parade torches and axes. î ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ MARINE EXHIBIT Here is displayed a miscellaneous collection of marine objects including a number of fine ship models. Among the ship- builder's equipment is a treenail machine for making wooden pegs, or treenails, which were used for fastening together the early wooden ships and barges. Also shown are a sailmaker's bench, sextants, à bar link chain, a whaling gun, a lance, and swords. CORNER DRUG STORE An early apothecary shop has been assembled, with its charac- teristic bottles of colored water. Lining the walls are shelves of chemicals and herbs; the show cases contain patent medicines and brightly colored perfume jugs. In the rear is the pharmacist's :workbench with mortars, test tubes and scales. : Page thirty ¡ i I 1 1 325 NOV 20 THE DEARBORN INN FOU IT $EEEE 141 KUUBALLZİ On Oakwood Boulevard, opposite the Ford Airport Pa nger Terminal, and one fourth mile from Edison Institute Museum and Village. In the EARLY AMERICAN DINING ROM a table d'hote luncheon is served from 12 noon to 2 P. M. for $1.00, and dinner from 6 P. M. to 8 P. M. for $1.50. Sunday dinners and suppers are $1.50.. Single Rooms from $3.00 up. -- The ENGLISH COFFEE SH open from 7 A. M. to 9 P. M., serves table d'hote luncheons from 11:30 A. M. to 2:30 P. M... for $.60, $.70 and $.85 and dinners from 5:30 P. M. to 8:30 P. M. for $.75, $.85 and $1.00. Also a la carte service and soda bar. kumpara Centuries of service to the public are behind the traditional comforts of this "Real New England Inn." 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