Annual Lamp Show at Floral City Furniture Company Store, Monroe, Michigan, March 1937
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In 1927, cousins and business partners Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch established a successful furniture company (La-Z-Boy) through a combination of invention and marketing savvy. From the start of the partnership, Edward Knabusch developed and implemented innovative marketing strategies. This photograph shows "the world's largest lamp," created to draw attention to the cousins' Floral City Furniture store in Monroe, Michigan.
In 1927, cousins and business partners Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch established a successful furniture company (La-Z-Boy) through a combination of invention and marketing savvy. From the start of the partnership, Edward Knabusch developed and implemented innovative marketing strategies. This photograph shows "the world's largest lamp," created to draw attention to the cousins' Floral City Furniture store in Monroe, Michigan.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
March 1937
Creators
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2015.78.1.314
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of La-Z-Boy, Incorporated.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.000 in
Width: 10.000 in
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