Tourist Cabin from Irish Hills Area of Michigan, on Exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, September 2007
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Tourist cabins grew in popularity in the 1930s. They provided motorists with convenient, economical roadside lodging. This circa 1935 cabin, once part of a cluster along U.S. Route 12 in Michigan's Irish Hills, was acquired by The Henry Ford in 1986. This photograph of its interior was taken in 2007.
Tourist cabins grew in popularity in the 1930s. They provided motorists with convenient, economical roadside lodging. This circa 1935 cabin, once part of a cluster along U.S. Route 12 in Michigan's Irish Hills, was acquired by The Henry Ford in 1986. This photograph of its interior was taken in 2007.
Artifact
Digital image
Date Made
September 2007
Subject Date
September 2007
Keywords
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.171.2226
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
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