Fascinating Relics From The Henry Ford Museum

Located in Dearborn, Michigan, The Henry Ford Museum is one of the premier history museums in the United States. Founded by Henry Ford in 1929, it reflects his passion for American industrial and technological progress.  Collections span transportation, power, manufacturing, home life, design and quirky bits of Americana such as the Ku Klux Klan.  Pictured above is an authentic Klan costume.  Below is an authentic slave auction poster.  Note lot #22, it was legal back in the day to purchase a handsome 15 year old mulatto girl.

Next we have a Klansman's Creed.  I'm sure whites used to give it careful consideration.

Look at this beautifully preserved issue dating to 1924 of the Klan's weekly news magazine The Imperial Night-Hawk.  Was it the Boys' Life of its day?  I wished I could have opened it and read a couple articles.

Next we have an early edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin.  Note the beautiful illustrations.  This type of artistry, of course, has long since vanished from American Literature.

I'll show off more fascinating relics from The Henry Ford Museum in tomorrow's entry.