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Furnished in keeping with the period it represented;
the Farmhouse's interior was appointed
with miniature furniture and an iron heating stove,
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the Miniature Farmhouse was brought to
Fair Lane, after its display at the 1924
Michigan State Fair, the tiny structure,
along with its accompanying barn and farm
equipment became a plaything for Henry and
Clara Ford's grandchildren.
Furnished
in keeping with the period it represented;
the Farmhouse's interior was appointed
with miniature furniture,
iron
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heating
stove, ("Imperial, Patented
1864"), cooking stove, kitchen
utensils, icebox, and chimney (made with
tiny bricks).
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Along with the scaled down barn there was a complete threshing outfit.
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Along
with the scaled down barn there was a
complete threshing outfit. The separator
and child-size steam engine, which
actually worked, were reproductions in
miniature of the type used a generation
earlier.
An
elderly visitor to Fair Lane, Mrs. John
Ansley, related in a letter to her
daughter, Mabel Ansley: "In that walk
we came to the children's Sand House
(Gazebo), and their Playhouse and barn. We
went in the barn, and there were small
bales of hay up on the hayloft and the
right side was filled with small shocks of
wheat. Mrs. Ford said; '... the
children have a threshing machine and they
thresh the wheat out ' "
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In
early June of 1937, after Edsel Ford’s
children outgrew the buildings, Henry Ford
surprised his McGuffey School students by moving
the Miniature Farmhouse and barn to
Greenfield Village.
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