Dancing Class in the Ford Engineering Laboratory Dance Room, 1929
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Henry Ford created a room for dancing at Ford Motor Company's Engineering Lab, where his office and the company's engineering activities were located. These students are learning the traditional American dances of Henry Ford's youth -- along with dance etiquette. Later, Ford built Lovett Hall, an elegant ballroom named for his dancing master.
Henry Ford created a room for dancing at Ford Motor Company's Engineering Lab, where his office and the company's engineering activities were located. These students are learning the traditional American dances of Henry Ford's youth -- along with dance etiquette. Later, Ford built Lovett Hall, an elegant ballroom named for his dancing master.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
11 May 1929
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Dearborn Engineering Laboratory
Engine and Electrical Engineering Building (Dearborn, Mich.)
Ford Motor Company. Powertrain Operations Engine Engineering
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.373
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in