Rebuilding the Plymouth Carding Mill (now Gunsolly Carding Mill) in Greenfield Village, June 1929

THF149148 / Rebuilding the Plymouth Carding Mill (now Gunsolly Carding Mill) in Greenfield Village, June 1929

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

12 June 1929

Subject Date

12 June 1929

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.7282

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.375 in
Width: 11 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Building construction Open-air museums Gunsolly Carding Mill Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village

Artifact
Gunsolly Carding Mill
John Gunsolly operated this water-powered carding mill as well as a saw and cider mill on the Middle Rouge River near Plymouth, Michigan, beginning in the 1850s. Area farmers brought their wool to this mill to have it carded (combed) so it could be spun into thread.