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ID: 500224390
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Record Type: Corporate Body
Henry Ford, The (American museum, contemporary)

Note: The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, is also known as the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, and more formally as the Edison Institute, named after American industrialist Henry Ford. The Henry Ford Museum began as Henry Ford's personal collection of historic objects and is primarily a collection of antique machinery, automobiles, locomotives, and aircraft. Greenfield Village is a reconstruction of a 19th century American town consisting of historic buildings from around the couintrys such as Noah Webster's Connecticut Home, the Wright brothers' bicycle shop, and the Logan County, Illinois courthouse where Abraham Lincoln practiced law. The Edison Institute was dedicated by President Herbert Hoover to Ford's longtime friend Thomas Edison on October 21, 1929. The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, is also known as the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, and more formally as the Edison Institute, named after American industrialist Henry Ford. The Henry Ford Museum began as Henry Ford's personal collection of historic objects and is primarily a collection of antique machinery, automobiles, locomotives, and aircraft. Greenfield Village is a reconstruction of a 19th century American town consisting of historic buildings from around the country, such as Noah Webster's Connecticut home, the Wright brothers' bicycle shop, and the Logan County, Illinois courthouse where Abraham Lincoln practiced law. The Edison Institute was dedicated by President Herbert Hoover to Ford's longtime friend Thomas Edison on October 21, 1929.

Names:
Henry Ford, The (preferred,V,display)
The Henry Ford Musuem and Greenfield Village (V)
The Edison Institute (V)
Greenfield Village (V)
The Henry Ford (V)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)

Roles:
museum (preferred)

Gender: not applicable

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Corporate Bodies
 ........  Henry Ford, The (I,U)

Biographies:
(American museum, contemporary) ..... [AVERY Preferred]
(American museum, contemporary) ..... [AVERY]
(American museum, contemporary) ..... [AVERY]
(American museum, contemporary) ..... [AVERY]
(American museum complex, built 1929) ..... [AVERY]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Greenfield Village ........ [AVERY, VP]
......................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
Henry Ford, The ........ [AVERY Preferred, VP Preferred]
...............................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
...............................  National Park Service [online] (2009-) "Edison Institute." accessed 15 September 2009
The Edison Institute ........ [AVERY, VP]
.........................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
The Henry Ford ........ [AVERY, VP]
.............................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
.............................  National Park Service [online] (2009-) "Edison Institute." accessed 15 September 2009
The Henry Ford Musuem and Greenfield Village ........ [AVERY, VP]
....................................................................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)

Subject: ........ [AVERY, VP]
....................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
....................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, VP]
.......... LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
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