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- What We Wore: Cocktail Party - Cocktail parties were the essence of sophistication in the 1950s. Throwing a cocktail party — whether to impress business associates or entertain neighbors — was the “in” thing to do.
- March 04, 2025
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What We Wore: Cocktail Party
Cocktail parties were the essence of sophistication in the 1950s. Throwing a cocktail party — whether to impress business associates or entertain neighbors — was the “in” thing to do.
- Home Entertainment - The challenges posed by COVID-19 have inspired us to figure out new ways of working — and also of playing. Our entertainment is now focused on what can be enjoyed in and around our homes.
- March 30, 2020
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Home Entertainment
The challenges posed by COVID-19 have inspired us to figure out new ways of working — and also of playing. Our entertainment is now focused on what can be enjoyed in and around our homes.
- Taking the Sno-Bob for a Ride in Greenfield Village - See our Sno-Bob, a bicycle on skis, in action on a snowy day in Greenfield Village.
- April 10, 2019
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Taking the Sno-Bob for a Ride in Greenfield Village
See our Sno-Bob, a bicycle on skis, in action on a snowy day in Greenfield Village.
- What We Wore: A New Collections Platform Debuts - Learn about "What We Wore," our new rotating clothing exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, and the first set of garments displayed, "Home Front Heroes: Women in World War II.”
- December 19, 2018
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What We Wore: A New Collections Platform Debuts
Learn about "What We Wore," our new rotating clothing exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, and the first set of garments displayed, "Home Front Heroes: Women in World War II.”
- What We Wore: Off to Work We Go - The current What We Wore exhibit in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation presents work “fashions” — and a bit of work lives — of a postal carrier, fast food worker, nurse, flight attendant, and a dairy delivery worker.
- September 25, 2024
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What We Wore: Off to Work We Go
The current What We Wore exhibit in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation presents work “fashions” — and a bit of work lives — of a postal carrier, fast food worker, nurse, flight attendant, and a dairy delivery worker.
- What We Wore: Aprons - The current What We Wore exhibit in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, on display until April 17, 2024, features aprons that protect, connect, identify, embellish, and advocate.
- February 15, 2024
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What We Wore: Aprons
The current What We Wore exhibit in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, on display until April 17, 2024, features aprons that protect, connect, identify, embellish, and advocate.
- What We Wore: Movie Costumes - Costume design is more than just providing clothes for actors in a movie. Effective costume design can reveal a character's background, personality, occupation, and even their state of mind. Each costume choice made by a designer—type and style of garment, accessories, details, materials, color—is deliberate, contributing to character development and the overall mood of the narrative.
- October 24, 2025
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What We Wore: Movie Costumes
Costume design is more than just providing clothes for actors in a movie. Effective costume design can reveal a character's background, personality, occupation, and even their state of mind. Each costume choice made by a designer—type and style of garment, accessories, details, materials, color—is deliberate, contributing to character development and the overall mood of the narrative.
- Improvisational Quilts of Susan Allen Hunter - African American quiltmaker Susana Allen Hunter turned the "fabric" of everyday life into eye-catching quilts with an abstract, asymmetrical, and often, modern feel. Learn more about her and her work on our blog.
- September 12, 2016
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Improvisational Quilts of Susan Allen Hunter
African American quiltmaker Susana Allen Hunter turned the "fabric" of everyday life into eye-catching quilts with an abstract, asymmetrical, and often, modern feel. Learn more about her and her work on our blog.
- Battle Creek’s Percy Jones General Hospital - Learn the history of Percy Jones General Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan, which at the end of World War II was the largest medical installation operated by the United States Army.
- December 28, 2020
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Battle Creek’s Percy Jones General Hospital
Learn the history of Percy Jones General Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan, which at the end of World War II was the largest medical installation operated by the United States Army.
- “Pulp Fashion”: Paper Dresses of the 1960s - Learn how the paper dress fits into the exploration and boundary-pushing of the 1960s with this deep dive into paper dresses currently on exhibit in "What We Wore" in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.
- December 20, 2020
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“Pulp Fashion”: Paper Dresses of the 1960s
Learn how the paper dress fits into the exploration and boundary-pushing of the 1960s with this deep dive into paper dresses currently on exhibit in "What We Wore" in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.