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- Entrance to Robert Hudson Tannahill Library in Lovett Hall, circa 1974 - Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum opened the Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library in 1973. Named for a prominent benefactor and trustee, the library brought together and made available to the public the institution's diverse collection of documents, publications, graphics, and photographs. The library was incorporated into the Benson Ford Research Center in 2002.
- circa 1974
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Entrance to Robert Hudson Tannahill Library in Lovett Hall, circa 1974
Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum opened the Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library in 1973. Named for a prominent benefactor and trustee, the library brought together and made available to the public the institution's diverse collection of documents, publications, graphics, and photographs. The library was incorporated into the Benson Ford Research Center in 2002.
- Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library, 1974 - Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum opened the Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library in 1973. Named for a prominent benefactor and trustee, the library brought together and made available to the public the institution's diverse collection of documents, publications, graphics, and photographs. The library was incorporated into the Benson Ford Research Center in 2002.
- 1974
- Collections - Artifact
Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library, 1974
Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum opened the Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library in 1973. Named for a prominent benefactor and trustee, the library brought together and made available to the public the institution's diverse collection of documents, publications, graphics, and photographs. The library was incorporated into the Benson Ford Research Center in 2002.
- Library in the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan, April 1939 -
- April 03, 1939
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Library in the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan, April 1939
- Bookplate from Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library, circa 1973 - Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
- circa 1973
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Bookplate from Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library, circa 1973
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
- "Catalogue of the Psychic Bookshop, Library, and Museum," 1925-1930 - George Holley, founder of Holley Motor Company, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famed author, became acquainted after Holley attended one of Doyle’s lectures in Detroit. From 1923 to 1929, the two maintained a robust correspondence, particularly around spiritualism. Doyle sent Holley this catalog from his Psychic Bookshop, Library & Museum, where one could find books on all manner of spiritualist topics.
- 1925-1930
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"Catalogue of the Psychic Bookshop, Library, and Museum," 1925-1930
George Holley, founder of Holley Motor Company, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famed author, became acquainted after Holley attended one of Doyle’s lectures in Detroit. From 1923 to 1929, the two maintained a robust correspondence, particularly around spiritualism. Doyle sent Holley this catalog from his Psychic Bookshop, Library & Museum, where one could find books on all manner of spiritualist topics.
- Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library Reading Room, 1973-1974 - Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum opened the Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library in 1973. Named for a prominent benefactor and trustee, the library brought together and made available to the public the institution's diverse collection of documents, publications, graphics, and photographs. The library was incorporated into the Benson Ford Research Center in 2002.
- 1973-1974
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Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library Reading Room, 1973-1974
Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum opened the Robert Hudson Tannahill Research Library in 1973. Named for a prominent benefactor and trustee, the library brought together and made available to the public the institution's diverse collection of documents, publications, graphics, and photographs. The library was incorporated into the Benson Ford Research Center in 2002.
- "The Clock Collection, Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan," 1974 -
- 1974
- Collections - Artifact
"The Clock Collection, Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan," 1974