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Clipped Poem, "The Old Hot-Dog Wagon," Sent to Henry Ford from Mrs. H. E. Hornbeck, January 1936

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Artifact Overview

This poem by Edgar Guest recalls meeting Henry Ford at a night lunch wagon in Detroit, probably in the late 1890s. Night lunch wagons offered simple, affordable food to nighttime workers like Guest -- a "fledgling reporter" -- and Ford -- an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company -- after regular restaurants closed for the night.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Letter (Correspondence)

Date Made

January 1936

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Henry Ford Office Papers

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.285.37

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Typewriting
Printing (Process)
Handwriting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Pink (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in

Keywords
Clipped Poem, "The Old Hot-Dog Wagon," Sent to Henry Ford from Mrs. H. E. Hornbeck, January 1936