Greenfield Village I

That weekend on Saturday we went to the Greenfield Village adjacent to the Henry Ford Museum, probably the number one place to go as a turist visiting Detroit. The village was created by Mr. Ford, who brought to this village all the houses (yep, the whole house, with everything inside) that were meaningful to him, either from his town, or his grandparents home from Canada, or the people's homes/workshops/stores that had a special connection with him, such as his very good friend Thomas Edison, or the Wright brothers. It is like being in that time and those working there dresses exactly as they used to dress in that house/store/worshop.

We spent a whole day at the village with Mom, Ruhiyyih and Aunt Patsy, we went to everysingle house and here are some photos... not all of them fitted in this blog, so we will try to place the rest in another one, part II! :)

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Durante ese fin de semana, el sabado mismo, fuimos a una villa llamada Greenfield Village, que queda a lado del Museo Henry Ford, y tal vez es el lugar de visita numero uno en Detroit para turistas. La villa fue creada por el Sr. Ford donde el traslado las casas que tenian un significado para el (si... estan leyendo bien, casas completas, con todo adentro), ya sea de su niñez, la casa de sus abuelos desde Canada, o las casas/talleres/tiendas que tenian una coneccion especial con el, como las de su muy buen amigo Thomas Edison, o la de los hermanos Wright. Es como estar en esa epoca y la gente que trabaja alli, se viste exactamente como se vestian en esa casa/tienda/taller.

Pasamos todo un dia en la villa con Nancy, Ruhiyyih y la Tia Patsy; fuimos a cada una de las casas y aqui tenemos algunas fotos... no todas entraron en esta entrada, asi que pondremos las que faltan en la proxima, parte II! :)


The Carrusel from the Herschell-Spillman Co. from the early 1900s.
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El Carrusel de la Compañia Herschell-Spillman hecho a principios del 1900.



At the Wright's bike workshop/store
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En la tienda/taller de los hermanos Wright



A bus from the mid 1900s :: Un bus de mediados del 1900s.



The Village has its own craft works/shops created in 1930-35: mills, pottery, weaving, printing, tin works, glass, and so. These three pictures are from the printshop, a wood fire kiln outside the pottery shop, and the glass shop.
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La Villa tiene sus propios talleres/tiendas de artesanias que fueron iniciados entre el 1930-35: aserraderos, ceramica, tejido, imprenta, trabajo con estaño, vidrio, etc. Estas tres fotos son de la imprenta, un horno a leña afuera de donde hacen ceramica, y la fabrica de vidrios.





Also there are the working farms, where the Firestone Farm is located, brought from Pennsylvania and renovated in 1882. Here Benjamin and Catherine Firestone raised their three children, including the tire maker Harvey Firestone. Mr. Benjamin made his money from wool of wrinkly Merino sheep, which we saw there as well (out in the market there are not that wrinkly anymore)
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Tambien hay areas dedicadas a fincas y granjas, ahi se encuentra la Finca Firestone, traida de Pennsylvania y renovada en 1882. En esta casa Benjamin y Catherine Firestone criaron a sus tres hijos, incluyendo a Harvey Firestone quien se dedico a hacer llantas. El Sr. Benjamin se gano el pan de cada dia con la lana de sus ovejas arrugadas Merino, las que pudimos ver alli tambien (hoy en dia en el mercado ya nos son arrugadas, las han cambiado geneticamente para poder cortar la lana mas facilmente)






"When a new road forced Henry Ford's beloved birthplace from its original location, Ford decided not only to move it, but to restore and refurnish it to match his boyhood recollections. The restoration received so much press that Ford was inundated with requests to save other buildings. Soon after, the idea for Greenfield Village was born." http://www.hfmgv.org/village/default.asp