Went to the Henry Ford Museum today to check out the Dymaxion House exhibit. Rather interesting I’d say, but in the end, it felt like one was living on an Amtrak train. Small bathroom. Galley kitchen. Wrap around windows. I’ll give Bucky Fuller credit on though, there is no wasted space. It was interesting to see him referred to as *forward thinking* with his designs, during a time when everything was remaining traditional, especially during the immediate post war years. I’m sure that if this design was introduced today, eco-progressives would be jumping all over it. But ya gotta love some of the advertising on why Mom would love this house:
I don’t know, guess it’s just me, cause I got a chuckle about being easy to clean.
And it was interesting to see various firearms on exhibit. On a side note, I never see firearms on exhibit anywhere in the Northeast, so if anybody know where I can see such a thing, leave a comment. It wasn’t for the sake of them being firearms, it was about manufacturing, and innovation during that period of the industrial revolution. They had the standard front stuffers, and six shot heaters. Not sure how many, if any, where original. Cause I know some original Colt percussion revolvers can bring in a hefty some, especially a Walker. Two firearms that stuck was a rare Derringer with a dagger >
Not sure if anybody is reproducing these, but I’d buy one.
And the original palm pistol >
Interesting note that the company that manufactured this was in Chicago. I’ve only seen an original once, and it was at a gun show in PA, with a $2500 price tag. Fans of spaghetti westerns can see Lee Van Cleef wield this in The Return of Sabata.
Another interesting find was the Colt four shot Cloverleaf Revolver. I wasn’t able to get a descent photo, and google doesn’t offer any photos that show the clover cylinder, but nonetheless, google does have better photos than I was able to get.
I got a kick out of watching, and listening to a few women oogle the revolvers. Women know the deal with the old time guns. Ain’t no school like old school I say.
There was many displays of machinery that you would find in machine shops in the late 19th century/early 20th century. They even mentioned the development of interchangeable parts, specifically by Samuel Colt for his percussion revolvers, and even had a lathe that a machinist would use to create the rifling in the rifles bore.
While this information is nothing new, I found it interesting to even have this stuff on display. Cause I know back home, any mention of firearms can bring about certain levels of unease. Even how firearms manufacturing aided the industrial revolution can raise eyebrows.
I’m just surprised that Freedom States Alliance doesn’t protest this exhibit.
I’d have to say the exhibits were put together rather nicely. It wasn’t just a hodge podge of pop culture crap from various decades, but it was put together in a way to highlight that periods innovation and industrial design.
