SHRINK OF HISTORY.
HENRY FORD'S HOBBY,
BRINGING THE MONUMENTS TO THE MULTITUDE. ,
((By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 25. Mr Henry Ford states that he is making plans to establish a museum in the environs of Dearborn, to cost five million 'dollars and cover ten acres. It ■ivill.be devoted to historic houses and inns, and birthplaces of famous people. These structures will be taken apart, and then reassembled inside the museum.'' Thus shrines from every State in "the Union will be collected under one roof, obviating thousands of miles of travel and unnecessary expense to those interested in antiquities. Mr Ford already has a vast un,eatalogued collection of unique American relics, including bullet moulds, grist mills, hoop skirts, locomotives, and a collection of threshing machines and vehicles for transportation. "
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 September 1927, Page 5
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