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HUM 100 Module Three: Short Answer
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Perspective in the Humanities
Lauren F Caruso
Southern New Hampshire University
Department of Nursing and Healthcare Professions
Professor Wendell Smith
Module Three: Short Answer
September 17, 2023
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The Henry Ford Museum
https://www.thehenryford.org/virtual-visit-to-henry-ford-museum/
The Henry Ford Museum is a historical museum located in Dearborn, Michigan, named
after Henry Ford of Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motors was born in
1863 in Michigan. By the time he was 15 years old, he had constructed his first steam engine
(Henry Ford Biography). In 1903, Ford and other investors invested $28,000 and created the
Ford Motor Company (Henry Ford Biography). In July 1903, Ford had sold their first car. The
Henry Ford Museum contains a variety of collectables including Presidential Vehicles for
Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan; The Dymaxion House which was
thought to be the house of the future, Driving America which holds the oldest surviving
American car and Henry Ford’s first gas-powered vehicle (Ford Museum). The items housed in
the museum are an important piece of American history which provides us with a look at early
life in America. Without this museum, parts of history would be lost or unknown to this
generation.
I selected the Henry Ford Museum because I grew up in a house full of mechanics. One
of my very first memories is being in a 1920s Ford Model A that my grandfather owned and took
extreme pride in. I also selected the Ford Museum because of the interesting artifacts that it
contains.
The Smithsonian
https://www.si.edu/openaccess
Founded in 1846, The Smithsonian is the largest museum, education, and research
complex in the world (Smithsonian). With 21 museums and a National Zoo, the Smithsonian has
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preserved history while discovering new knowledge and sharing resources throughout the world.
The Smithsonian is home to 157.2 million objections that include the Star-Spangled Banner, a
3.5-billion-year-old fossil, and the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz (Smithsonian). The
Smithsonian allows generations to look back on the past and understand history better. I believe
it also allows different cultures to connect with their past by viewing artifacts that pertain
specifically to their cultures. It also allows people from different backgrounds and cultures to
explore worlds they did not know existed.
A question about key aspects of human culture in relation to one of the cultural works I
selected would be “did the creation of transportation make life easier for people in the early
1900s?”.
Unfortunately, cars were owned primarily by the wealthy in the 1900s, making their
means of transportation much easier than the rest. Cars were hand-made in the 1900s and the
cost of a Ford Model-T was $850 (The Economist) but by 1924, the Model-T cost $265. To this
generation, $850 for a car is unheard of. But to those living in the 1900s, $850 was a lot of
money that most people could not afford. To put the cost in to perspective, $850 in 1900 is
equivalent to approximately $31,000 today.
To research, I would use keywords such as 1900 transportation, cost of transportation, and
Ford Motor Company.
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References:
Henry Ford Biography
. Ford Corporate. (n.d.).
https://corporate.ford.com/articles/history/henry-
ford-biography.html
Smithsonian Institution. (n.d.).
Collections
.
https://www.si.edu/collections
The Economist Newspaper. (n.d.).
The price of age
. The Economist.
https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2000/12/21/the-price-of-age