Henry's Attic: Some Fascinating Gifts to Henry Ford and His Museum
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Preface9Acknowledgments131Gifts to Greenfield Village172Agricultural Equipment513Horse-Drawn Vehicles and Cycles714Automobiles and Trucks1075Touring Vehicles and Highway Icons1436Railroads, Boats, and Aircraft1597Industrial Equipment1998Firearms2319Household Items24610Lighting Devices28711Clocks and Watches30112Musical Instruments and Phonographs31513Photographic Equipment33314Communications Equipment34515Business and Office Equipment37116Documents38917Gifts from Fair Lane and Other Oddities405Index426
\ BooknewsMotor mogul Henry Ford (1863-1947) was apparently unhappy with the world his motor car had helped produce and longed to preserve the supposed pioneer virtues of self-reliance and hard work. This volume provides documentation of some of the one million artifacts of largely middle-class rural history that he collected to memorialize the passing era. Some are of great value, some are fascinating kitsch; all are clearly, elegantly photographed in b&w. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
