This airplane located inside The Henry Ford Museum is a 1925 Fokker F. VII Tri-Motor, named "Josephine Ford." Flown Over the North Pole by famed American explorer Richard Byrd in 1926. Though Byrd generally is credited with reaching the Pole, controversy remains. Edsel Ford financed the expedition, and Byrd acknowledged his patron by naming the airplane after Ford's daughter Josephine. The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as the Edison Institute) is a large indoor and outdoor history museum complex and a National Historic Landmark in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan. It is the largest indoor-outdoor museum complex in the United States and is visited by over 1.7 million people each year. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981. This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
This house located inside The Henry Ford Museum, was Buckminster Fuller (multi-disciplinary designer) re-thinking of human shelter, and was rooted in Fuller's understanding of industrial production. More an engineering solution than a home, this 1946 structure was prototyped but never produced. As well as the exterior, visitors can tour the interior styling and accommodations envisioned for this unique home. The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as the Edison Institute) is a large indoor and outdoor history museum complex and a National Historic Landmark in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan. It is the largest indoor-outdoor museum complex in the United States and is visited by over 1.7 million people each year. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981.
1950 Buick Roadmaster automobile and Texaco station pump and large round sign with the red Texaco star and green 'T'; located inside the The Henry Ford Museum. The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as the Edison Institute) is a large indoor and outdoor history museum complex and a National Historic Landmark in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan. It is the largest indoor-outdoor museum complex in the United States and is visited by over 1.7 million people each year. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981.