tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post9053506222856974582..comments2024-03-29T04:48:01.038-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Greenfield Village, 1954Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-37361292738893213412015-10-18T18:00:00.751-07:002015-10-18T18:00:00.751-07:00I also feel like interest in US history tourism pe...I also feel like interest in US history tourism peaked with the Bicentennial. I wonder if the Magic Kingdom would have Liberty Square if it opened a decade later.Dean Findernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-84124021463842824812015-10-17T20:48:08.108-07:002015-10-17T20:48:08.108-07:00Major-
I'm fairly confident the image is NOT ...Major-<br /><br />I'm fairly confident the image is NOT flopped. With the introduction of the Model T in 1908, in some ways led the band wagon towards left-hand steering. The right hand steering is leftover from the days of the stagecoach and horse-drawn wagon. To wit: <i>"A horse-drawn wagon was always driven on the right side because the teamster could always hold the reins with his left hand while pulling on the brake with his strongest arm. Some wagons used a foot brake directly on the wheel but that too, required a person's strongest side. Many, but not all cars, continued this tradition by placing the tiller in the middle of the car where it could be steered by either the right or left side of the car".</i>Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-56421093540147107882015-10-17T18:45:31.446-07:002015-10-17T18:45:31.446-07:00Nanook, I don’t know if “flivver” is a $5 word, bu...Nanook, I don’t know if “flivver” is a $5 word, but it sure is an old one. I’m too lazy to dig out the slide (it was scanned a few months ago), but I am reasonably sure that it isn’t flopped… good catch on the right-hand steering. <br /><br />TokyoMagic!, do they have a large collection of Mold-A-Ramas? I thought they had two, or something like that. I was so disappointed when I went to the L.A. Zoo and their Mold-A-Rama machines were gone - that was something I loved since I was a child. I think they were only removed in the last four years or so.<br /><br />Chuck, wow, I’m surprised you never went into the actual museum part of the Henry Ford. My guess was that things like the carriages would be among the things to be discontinued (“Let’s save money by not taking care of horses!”). Which is a shame. With so many of my midwest relatives getting old or moving away from that general area, I feel like it’s unlikely that I will get there anytime soon. Arg.<br /><br />Melissa, you puny Earthlings and your fleshy organs! My bio-crystalline structure prevents such sensations.<br /><br />Irene, I’ll bet it was full of Bicentennial stuff durinig your visit!<br /><br />K. Martinez, I’m surprised you haven’t been there, since you’ve been so many other places.<br /><br />Chuck, from a completely anecdotal standpoint, it seems like almost everyone I know likes to travel to places for their historical/cultural sites. When I went to NYC recently, practically all we did was museums and historic places. We got “museumed out”!<br /><br />K. Martinez, don’t you also travel for the opportunity to eat at Stuckey’s restaurants? ;-)<br />Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-50048792380636012842015-10-17T18:25:13.606-07:002015-10-17T18:25:13.606-07:00Chuck, thanks for the update. I'll have to ch...Chuck, thanks for the update. I'll have to check that out. I still love going to museums and historical sites, monuments, buildings, etc. It's one of my main motivations to travel these days.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-34783136662448230272015-10-17T17:57:34.710-07:002015-10-17T17:57:34.710-07:00Ken, I read that recently in a book, but didn'...Ken, I read that recently in a book, but didn't do any additional research. A 2005 position paper for the US Dept of Commerce and the President's Committee on the Arts & Humanities (http://www.pcah.gov/sites/default/files/05WhitePaperCultHeritTourism_2.pdf) has a different perspective:<br /><br />"Over the last decade, travel industry research confirms that cultural and heritage tourism is one the fastest growing segments of the travel industry." <br /><br />I hope that other book was wrong, too - my family vacations are full of memories of visiting historical sights, and that early exposure has led me to a life-long love of history and a desire to understand where we came from and who we are as a people.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836717368846566211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-21071014162786372572015-10-17T11:25:47.780-07:002015-10-17T11:25:47.780-07:00"The Henry Ford" sounds like an awesome ..."The Henry Ford" sounds like an awesome place to visit. I can't pass up on a museum.<br /><br />Chuck, if what you said is true about historical tourism being on the decline since the 1970's then that is truly sad.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-24184938176492489822015-10-17T09:47:29.672-07:002015-10-17T09:47:29.672-07:00I was there in 1976 (I think) on a tour with my Mo...I was there in 1976 (I think) on a tour with my Mom. I remember really liking it. I don't know where my photos are either!Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02286032807894115704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-32808933361419113332015-10-17T07:52:01.959-07:002015-10-17T07:52:01.959-07:00We used to call the sensation of a bumpy car ride ...We used to call the sensation of a bumpy car ride shaking your organs around, "a flivver in your liver."Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-36703695631736843252015-10-17T05:34:08.120-07:002015-10-17T05:34:08.120-07:00TokyoMagic!, you CAN easily spend more than one da...TokyoMagic!, you CAN easily spend more than one day there. I've been twice and never seen more than Greenfield Village; my parents never wanted to spend the night and hit the Museum proper the next day.<br /><br />Major, there was a distinctly different vibe the two times I went. In the summer of '77, there was a lot of activity, with horse-drawn carriages, Model-T rides, a train, a steamboat, and a merry-go-round. There were live presentations, including a re-enactor as Ben Franklin and a traditional Punch and Judy show, and crowds. My great-aunt regaled us with stories of a trip in the '20s or '30s where she had been there and seen Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and George Washington Carver together for some event. It felt like a very special place, almost alive, like a real village.<br /><br />In the summer of '93, the train, merry-go-round, and steamboat were running, and the pottery-making shop was open, but that was it. It felt kind of...static. Not sure if it was just the day we went or if it's because history tourism has been steadily declining since the '70s, but it also felt deserted. I hope things have changed for the better simce the early '90s, but I'd love to step back into those photyos with you.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836717368846566211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-54405378464798339272015-10-17T03:32:33.994-07:002015-10-17T03:32:33.994-07:00I've been wanting to go to the Henry Ford Muse...I've been wanting to go to the Henry Ford Museum to see it's large collection of Mold-A-Rama machines, but who knew they had so much more there? I did not know about JFK's car, or Edison's last breath, or the Village. It sounds like you could easily spend more than one day there.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-5231058802392640492015-10-17T01:12:01.589-07:002015-10-17T01:12:01.589-07:00Major-
A "flivver", you say-? (You and...Major-<br /><br />A "flivver", you say-? (You and your $5.00 words-!) Undoubtedly, but the brand alludes me. You'd think it would have to be a Model T Ford, but I think not. The radiator and the hood aren't correct - not to mention the running boards. And besides, if the image isn't flopped, Model T's had left hand drive. So the REAL car experts need to chime-in.<br /><br />Greenfield Village does indeed look like fun.<br /><br />Thanks, Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com