David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I know this post will be a bit longer that most, but there is a lot at Greenfield Village to cover--I've just hit a few of the major items. Bear with me.

Sign at the entrance
Trip2005D 129.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

The entrance gate
Trip2005D 128.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

The descriptive plaque at the entrance
Trip2005D 127.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Entry plaza
Trip2005C 221.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Historic buildings
(No title)
Trip2005C 222.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

The Mill
Trip2005C 225.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Old Ford Factory
Trip2005D 021.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr
(This is a quarter-size replica of the original factory)

(interior of the above, the 15 millionth Ford)
Trip2005D 022.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Wright Bros. Cycle Shop
Trip2005D 032.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

(interior of the above)
Trip2005D 035.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Old Bank Building (now a café) Trip2005D 041.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

(detail of the above)
Trip2005D 043.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Enclosed Carousel
Trip2005D 044.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

(the Carousel)
Trip2005D 045.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory
Trip2005D 064.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

(interior of the Laboratory—note the little pipe organ in the rear)
Trip2005D 065.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

(another interior shot—equipment used in development of the light bulb)
Trip2005D 069.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

(equipment powering the Laboratory)
Trip2005D 070.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Covered Bridge and Toll Booth (they don’t charge any more)
Trip2005D 075.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

The Robert Frost House
Trip2005D 078.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Cotswold Forge
Trip2005D 081.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

The Scotch Settlement School (Henry Ford attended this school)
Trip2005D 090.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

The Martha-Mary Chapel
Trip2005D 093.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

The Farris Windmill (said to be oldest in the USA)
Trip2005D 087.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

The Roundhouse
Trip2005D 100.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

(interior of the Roundhouse)
Trip2005D 112.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Trip2005D 106.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Probably not truly historic, the Model T Loading Dock
Trip2005D 124.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

(some folks out for a ride in one—I did it, too)
Trip2005D 125.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Absolutely gorgeous, fantastic photography, I love it.

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Good set from a very interesting location.
Thanks for taking us there.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Well done, we visited there years ago.

ab7rn Loc: Portland, Oregon

My mother took me there several years before WW II. I remember ma blacksmith had me pump the bellows while he made me a nail. It looks entirely different now.

ab7rn Loc: Portland, Oregon

My mother took me there several years before WW II. I remember ma blacksmith had me pump the bellows while he made me a nail. It looks entirely different now.

bellgamin Loc: Ewa Beach, Hawaii

One of THE most enjoyable series I have seen in a long while. Thank you to the nth.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Well, thanks to all of you for the very nice comments. I was using a D50 and the original 18-200VR zoom and some of the shots are not as sharp as I'd like. I also was not using Lightroom yet.

Some of the buildings have a shot of their informative signs, but I didn't want to clutter up the set with those. Clicking on any of the photos will take you to the Flickr page and it is possible to navigate before and after from them there. There are many other photos of the Village, but I tried to choose those I thought would be of the most interest.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent tour, David! How did you manage to post so many photos?

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Thank you--glad you enjoyed it.

I had no problems posting. When I generate one of my posts here where I expect to have a lot of pictures I create a Word document into which I paste the "Share" links from Flickr ("original size") and any comments I want to include. I then Copy the entire document and paste it into UHH. Works for me.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

In the earlier response I said I was using a D50 and the original 18-200VR zoom--I erred. I was using my first digital camera, a Kodak DX7630 Point-and-Shoot. I didn't buy a DSLR (D50) until later.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

This was a terrific tour.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Thank you, NMGal. I'm glad you liked it.

Red Sky At Night

I used to go there all the time as a kid. Every year our class took a field trip there. And we took every relative who ever visited to see it. The Ford museum wasn’t very old then. Thanks for the memories. Lots has changed. Great set.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

Thanks David for this huge and fabulous collection of the Museum @ Dearborn . It must have been like Disneyworld in it's day. It is kept in such great state of maintenance and I would love to travel there myself some time and see it for myself.

Thank you again sir.