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A bouncy ride on the steam train gives you the feeling of being back in the
day.
A front row seat is usually possible on the steam train which circles the
village.
The view from the train always includes historic buildings. And notice how
green the grass is.
Autumn is a particularly great time to visit Greenfield Village. The many trees
offer a colorful array.
The water path for the steam boat is lined with huge trees which give the
feeling of really going somewhere.
Coming into a train stop on the circle tour gives the feeling of arrival at a
distant location.
Here is the station where Edison had his problems with train personnel and
never forgot about it.
Plantings throughout the village are intended to offer changing views through
the four seasons.
Train stations were the center of activity for many small towns. The interior
of this one is choice.
Maintenance of railroad equipment is continuous. Here is a workshop for the
train.
The wheelwright shop needed storage space so an upper floor was added. Audio
inside simulated the sounds.
This structure has been relocated recently. It is a soybean laboratory of
Carver.
Ford birthplace.
Ford childhood home bedroom.
Ford childhood home parlour.
Copy of Edison Laboratory in Fort Meyers, Florida.
Interior of Edison Laboratory in Fort Meyers, Florida.
The carousel is protected from the weather for obvious reasons. Yet it is
authentic of the period.
This clock tower with animated figures sounds off regularly right in the middle
of everything.
Machine shop workers are ready to let you try your hand at making a candle
stick on a lathe.
Machine shop interior views. This is a vintage building with a vast array of original equipment.
Machine shop again with machines of the day scattered all
over the place. Many are belt driven.
Glass blowers at work. Stand back. Regardless, you will
feel the heat of glass creation.
The glassblowing workshop is not a vintage building. Yet the crafts practiced
inside are just that.
My favorite place is the print shop. I liked it better when it was a stand alone
building. But the press is impressive.
Type cases in the print shop are ready for anything.
The wood working area of a sawmill.
This is an interior view of the Charles Steinmetz cabin from Lake Mohawk in New
York.
A hammock was the sleeping accommodation in the Steinmetz cabin.
The only vehicles which travel these streets of the
village are horse drawn or vintage to the period.
The open areas between buildings at Greenfield Village
are an important part of the presentation.
A real Swiss Chalet moved from Switzerland. The owner
repaired watches hence the interest of Ford.
Reconstructed slave quarters.
Actual Luther Burbank field office is prominently
positioned.
A view from the Edison office back toward the laboratory.
An interior view of the Edison office.
Jerry is a great docent at the Edison laboratory. He has many of the answers
and will listen to your questions.
The upstairs of the laboratory is crammed full of gadgets, bottles of chemicals,
and history.
This view of the upstairs of the Edison laboratory is cleaner than it ever was
when open, according to Edison.
Machine shop interior. Imagine the problems back in the
day making the place well lit enough to work.
Edison laboratory interior.
Edison interior view of laboratory.
A ride on this authentic 100+ year old steam train makes
you wonder why an automobile lasts only a dozen years.
Edison laboratory steps leading to the second floor. The
wear shows the interest of visitors to this shrine.
Edison was said to hide in this space under the
laboratory stairs to
avoid creditors in lean days.
Edison laboratory shelves are full of chemicals which may
be needed. The first research and development lab.
Edison laboratory first floor shines with care to
preservation.
Belt driven machinery was more efficient. Here in the
carpentry shop the sounds can be imagined.
This bench is littered with carpentry projects, just as
it must have been a way back when.
The machine area of the laboratory.
This view of belt driven wheel mechanery probably
created a din of great volume throughout the day.
A row of equipment all belt driven in the machine shop
from Menlo Park.
Who doesn't like horses. This omnibus seeks passengers to
take a ride around the village. Watch your step.
The horses are always ready for yet one more picture from
the pesky tourists.
This is a combination post office and pharmacy building.
The post office is still in operation daily.
A tribute to Edison.
The photo studio where tin types were made.
Wright family home interior.
Wright sitting room.
Wright machine shop view. Free air, they advertised.
Somehow the interior of the Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop
seems an unlikely pace to build an airplane. Yet.
The office the Wright Cycle Shop may have been seldom
used. Both the boys were workers.
A front view of the Heinz pickle factory and the
No one wants this ride. Yet the hearse was a respectable
way to get from here to the eternal there.
Ford trucks like this run all about the village carrying
workers involved in present day maintenance.
This distant view of the Write Bicycle Shop seems so
unlikely to still exist, yet there it is.
The Fiord Motor Company began assembly here.
Interior of the Form Motor Company.
Some of the castings in the machine shops seem as
though they were impossible to make then. Yet.
Ford trucks like this run all about the village carrying workers involved in
present day maintenance.
Businesses took on a character of their own for
recognizability.
The carousel has a grand musical component which can only be appreciated while
riding. Not just for kids.
The steam boat takes quite a turn around an island. The
waterway is lined with now tall trees.
A shrine to George Washington Carver is appropriately done
in his reconstructed cabin.
The interiors of residences seem comfortable. Small, yet
quite comfortable.
The view from a distance of a horse drawn vehicle demands
attention even if we are not a passenger.
This plaque introduces a visitor to the Edison compound.
So what parts of the Wright Flyer were made on this
lathe, an original piece of equipment from the bicycle shop.
Drill press in the Wright Cycle Shop.
A display of bicycle parts from the Wright Cycle Shop.
Free air was offered at the Wright Cycle Shop, or so the
humorous sign says. Not everyone had a pump back then.
Yet another gizmo and gadget as found in a machine shop.
A milestone of auto production. The Ford Motor Company
was well enough off to save this baby.
The horse drawn omnibus circles the village for a good
part of every day.
Edison like windmills. He even had one on the grounds of
his home in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
The kitchen of the Ford family home.
Coming into the station, the steam train makes noise
without amplification or speakers. The real deal.
Adding water was a standard practice. Steam comes from
coal plus water, after all.
A farmhouse in the distance captures how many farmers
probably felt. Distant.
My grandfather rode in a caboose in his days as a
railroad man. Now there is just a blinking light, no caboose.
A full view of the steam engine, as anxious to have
a picture taken as ever.
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