Diagram Identifying People Shown in Irving R. Bacon's Light's Golden Jubilee and Edison Institute Dedication Mural
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Henry Ford planned the dedication of his museum complex to coincide with the 50th anniversary in October 1929 of Thomas Edison's invention of the incandescent lamp. Surprisingly, there were no photographs taken of the Light's Golden Jubilee banquet, so, in the mid-1930s, Ford asked his staff artist, Irving Bacon, to capture the event in a panoramic painting. This key identifies those portrayed in the painting.
Henry Ford planned the dedication of his museum complex to coincide with the 50th anniversary in October 1929 of Thomas Edison's invention of the incandescent lamp. Surprisingly, there were no photographs taken of the Light's Golden Jubilee banquet, so, in the mid-1930s, Ford asked his staff artist, Irving Bacon, to capture the event in a panoramic painting. This key identifies those portrayed in the painting.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1945
Subject Date
21 October 1929
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Bacon, Irving R. (Irving Ruben), 1875-1962
Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum
Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum. Prechter Promenade
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.P.A.10237
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
on front: AMERICA'S TRIBUTE TO THOMAS ALVA EDISON BY LEADERS OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART, ON THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS INVENTION OF THE INCANDESCENT LAMP / GREENFIELD VILLAGE, DEARBORN, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER 21, 1929
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