Then & Now Photos: Henry Ford

[357magster]

Henry Ford owned the historic Wayside Inn (made famous by a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) in Sudbury, Massachusetts from 1923 into the mid-1940's. He was a wonderful caretaker (as anybody who's been to his Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan knows) and he really improved the property. The vintage photo of him in the garden by the bust of Longfellow was grabbed from a silent newsreel. The modern photo was taken by yours truly last weekend.

 

[islamoradamark]

great photo like that green on his shoulders i guess in the earlier years they use to change his coat every now and then

 

[-db-]

Ford's one of my heroes. Greenfield Village is nice, if a bit touristy, but for a real look at Ford's aesthetic and caretaking ideas, a visit to Fair Lane, the Henry Ford Estate, is a must.

 

[VaTom]

A good book to read about Henry Ford, Edsel Ford (his only son and CEO during WWII) and the Ford Motor Company during WWII is "Arsenal of Democracy".

Great read. Ford made many of the B-24 Liberators at the Willow Run facility they specially built for that.

 

[amazingflapjack]

Ford's one of my heroes. Greenfield Village is nice, if a bit touristy, but for a real look at Ford's aesthetic and caretaking ideas, a visit to Fair Lane, the Henry Ford Estate, is a must.

Saw a documentary on the continuing restoration effort of Fairlane on this old house recently-wow.

 

[bigwheelzip]

He was a wonderful caretaker (as anybody who's been to his Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan knows)

For those that are unfamiliar, Greenfield Village is part of the Henry Ford Museum. The facility is a wonderful time capsule of the industrial revolution. Google Maps now has "Street Views" of sections of the interior, but for anyone who likes the history of machines and finds themselves in the vicinity of Detroit, you owe yourself a visit.

 

[daniel lawecki]

Went there and really love the museum. There is and area with guns and my wife and myself took hundreds of pics.