Donor Ruth Adler Schnee with Secretary Desk at Henry Ford Museum, October 21, 1999

THF722949 / Donor Ruth Adler Schnee with Secretary Desk at Henry Ford Museum, October 21, 1999

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

21 October 1999

Subject Date

21 October 1999

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Location

Object ID

EI.1929.N.B.114199.4

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5 in
Width: 2.438 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Negatives (Photographs) Photographs Bookcases Bureau-bookcases Desks Donors Museums Secretaries (Furniture) Schnee, Ruth Adler, 1923- Henry Ford (Organization)

Artifact
Secretary Desk, 1720-1780
This 18th-century desk was owned by the Adler family of Frankfurt, Germany. With the rise of the Nazi regime during the 1930s, harassment increased for this Jewish family until, on Kristallnacht in 1938, their home was ransacked. The Adlers managed to leave Germany with only a few possessions. This heirloom became a symbol of the family's survival as they carved out new lives in America.