American ingenuity : Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village

H. N. Abrams / 1985 / Pdf / English / 223 p / ISBN 0810909618 / 23.6 MB

by James S. Wamsley ; original photographs by Ted Spiegel.

The Edison Institute—Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village—is indeed a treasure, but of a uniquely American kind. Our treasure was not created by kings and hoarded in royal vaults to be seen at a distance by respectful subjects. No, it is one in  which we can all share since it represents the common experience of Americans as they worked to build new communities and discovered new ways of doing things that have changed and improved our lives.
It is important to remember this as you explore the wonderful objects of American history that are pictured and described by Jim Wamslcy in the following pages