Presentation Drawing, "Preliminary Sketch for the Cottage Additions to the Dearborn Inn," February, 1936

Summary

By the mid-1930s, the Dearborn Inn, a popular luxury hotel, required additional accommodations to service travelers and visitors to the Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford). The L.G. Treadway Service Corporation consulted with Edsel Ford about proposed upgrades that included a swimming pool, pool house, landscaping, and a "Colonial Village" of guest houses (replicas of homes famous in American history).

By the mid-1930s, the Dearborn Inn, a popular luxury hotel, required additional accommodations to service travelers and visitors to the Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford). The L.G. Treadway Service Corporation consulted with Edsel Ford about proposed upgrades that included a swimming pool, pool house, landscaping, and a "Colonial Village" of guest houses (replicas of homes famous in American history).

Artifact

Design drawing

Date Made

February 1936

Subject Date

February 1936

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

59.13.6

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Charles M. Hart.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Drawing (Image-making)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 30.5 in

Width: 40 in

Inscriptions

Lower right hand corner: PRELIMINARY/SKETCH/FOR/THE/COTTAGE/ADDITION/TO/THE/DEARBORN/INN/...

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