Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 30, 2024

I love the Henry Ford they have all kinds of historic items there the Lincoln Death chair from Fords theater the car Kennedy was assassinated in the bus that Rosa Parks rode that she refused to give up her seat and many more things from history.

I like to think of myself as civilized and easy going.

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Until one of THOSE drivers happens to me.

Is it road rage if I don’t ACT on it?

Henry Ford was also a great promoter of folk song, music, and dance. (E.g., square dance.) He felt they added to the “culture” of his workers.

(I suspect that his versions were somewhat more “genteel” than the originals collected in barns and taverns.)

Don’t those other drivers know that when I’m behind the wheel, the road belongs to me?!

A great FRAZZ today.

Hold on! Does this comic takes place in Michigan?

Is Al Capone’s limo there?

I’m a fan of the Allegheny loco.

The geography here is a bit problematical. There’s part of I-94 called the Edsel Ford, named after Henry’s son. There’s Ford Road/M-153, named after William Ford, Henry’s father. The phrase “the Henry Ford” refers to the museum only as far as I’m aware. The only road associated with Henry Ford himself is the former M-35 in the Upper Peninsula, which he blocked—it was never completed.

One of my favorite places- too bad it’s so far away from me!

Hm.. apparently they don’t like links on these comments.. was trying to say if anyone is interested, the website is thf followed by .org

I loved seeing Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion House. That guy had a truly original mind. Especially with all the “old-timey” things in Greenfield Village. The working farm with live animals, the Wright brothers’ bicycle shop, and Edison’s workshop with the original cylindrical gramophone — so much to see and things to do! Highly recommended.

I lived in Dearborn for 20+ years. Close enough to run by it on some of my routes, my kids would participate in the Holiday Nights (local schools would have choirs singing at corners every night, or we would carve pumpkins for Halloween). The Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village is a great destination for people.

Not-so-fun fact: Henry Ford was a virulent anti-semite who purchased The Dearborn Independent newspaper to publish anti-semitic screeds including the entirety of the fabricated The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

In today’s “Doonesbury” there’s one panel (one) in which a character is shown in silhouette in the foreground and there’s light blue fading to white in the background (similar to the above), but even there Garry Trudeau threw in some sketchy birds and a palm frond. Any such effort is apparently way too taxing for Jef Mallett.

Museum or hospital ? ;)

If your travels take you through northern Illinois make time for the Historic Auto Attractions Museum in Roscoe. Off I-90, just south of the state line.

At the end of our visit there we were surprised to find 4 hours had elapsed without our realizing it.

I’ll bet she was really impressed by the giant tire along I-94!

Every year we’d get a field trip there. Also Greenfield Village. Great memories.