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Description of Pictures: Henry Ford's Violins
Ford's collection of exquisite violins were selected for tonal quality.

Home Arts
Discover the innovations in the home that have eased our daily lives.

Telephones
View early and innovative telephones.

Coverlets
See our expansive collection of coverlets.

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1. HFMMIS_160803_17.JPG: Heating Stoves Heating stoves were more efficient than open fireplaces. Stoves used a lot less fuel. Their cast iron surfaces radiated warmth more evenly and effectively -- heat stayed in the room rather than going up the chimney. Stoves were rare in American homes before 1830. Then, new manufacturing techniques made stoves stronger, lighter, and less expensive. People bought stoves to heat their parlors, dining rooms, and -- if they could afford it -- every room in the house. Style mattered. People wanted their stoves to be eye-catching, as well as useful. As central heating systems became common in the early 1900s, radiators replaced stoves.
2. HFMMIS_160803_25.JPG: Coverlets In the decades before the Civil War, skilled labor weavers created these brightly colored coverlets for eager customers. The fancy and intricate designs woven into them were technically made possible with the aid of the Jacquard loom, a French invention brought to America in the 1820s. But their exuberant images of patriotic symbols and new inventions are purely American expressions.
3. HFMMIS_160803_30.JPG: Telephones "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you!" Alexander Graham Bell's first words transmitted by telephone, in 1876, anticipated the way telephones would become vital to social and business life in America. The technology for transmitting and receiving voices has vastly improved since then, but the debate continues: do telephones hurt or enrich the quality of our lives?
4. HFMMIS_160803_39.JPG: Henry Ford's Violins Did you know that Henry liked to fiddle? Henry Ford grew up on a Michigan garm. During the 1880s, young Henry danced to the lively music of fiddlers at country dances -- in fact, Ford met his future wife, Clara, at a dance. Henry Ford loved the fiddle and even learned to play a little as a young man. Henry married, moved to Detroit, and focused on building a successful automobile company. For years, Ford had little time for fiddling. By the mid-1930s, Henry Ford had the urge to fiddle again. So he went shopping for some violins. But not just any "fiddles". This wealthy industrialist wanted -- and could easily afford -- the very best violins. He chose these -- the exquisite, centuries-old classical Italian violins you see here. Ford didn't play classical music on them, though. He picked out some simple old time tunes and enjoyed playing these "fiddles" for hours. For Henry Ford, his love of fiddle music and country dancing never stopped.
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Wikipedia Description: Henry Ford Museum

Henry Ford Museum began as Henry Ford's personal collection of historic objects, which he began collecting as far back as 1906. Today, the 12 acre (49,000 m�) site is primarily a collection of antique machinery, pop culture items, automobiles, locomotives, aircraft, and other items:

* The museum features a 4K digital projection theater, which shows scientific, natural, or historical documentaries, as well as major feature films.
* A model of the nuclear-powered Ford Nucleon automobile
* An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
* The 1961 Lincoln Continental, SS-100-X that President John F. Kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated.
* The rocking chair from Ford's Theatre in which President Abraham Lincoln was sitting when he was shot.
* George Washington's camp bed.
* A ten-person safety bicycle made in 1896.
* A collection of several fine 17th- and 18th-century violins including a Stradivarius.
* Thomas Edison's alleged last breath in a sealed tube.
* Buckminster Fuller's prototype Dymaxion house.
* The bus on which Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
* Igor Sikorsky's prototype helicopter.
* Fokker Trimotor airplane that flew the first flight over the North Pole.
* Bill Elliott's record-breaking race car clocking in at over 212 MPH at Talladega in 1987
* Fairbottom Bobs, the Newcomen engine
* A steam engine from Cobb's Engine House in England.
* The Automotive Hall of Fame, adjacent to the Henry Ford Museum.
* A working fragment of the original Holiday Inn "Great Sign"
* A Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 2-6-6-6 "Allegheny"-class steam locomotive built by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. The Allegheny was the most powerful steam locomotive ever built.
* Behind the scenes, the Benson Ford Research Center uses the resources of The Henry Ford, especially the photographic, manuscript and archival material which is rarely displayed, to allow visitors to gai ...More...
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2016 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Seven relatively short trips this year: two Civil War Trust conference (Gettysburg, PA and West Point, NY, with a side-trip to New York City), my 11th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including sites in Utah, Nevada, and California), a quick trip to Michigan for Uncle Wayne's funeral, two additional trips to New York City, and a Civil Rights site trip to Alabama during the November elections. Being in places where people died to preserve the rights of minority voters made the Trumputin election even more depressing. Number of photos taken this year: just over 610,000.
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