Correspondence between E.G. Liebold and Lou Henry Hoover regarding Light's Golden Jubilee Banquet Painting, 1936
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In the mid-1930s, more than six years after the Light's Golden Jubilee celebration, Henry Ford commissioned a panoramic painting of that evening's banquet. Letters were sent to attendees--including those at the head table--asking where they sat and for a photograph so that their image could be included in the painting. Former First Lady Lou Henry Hoover replied and gave her impressions of the evening.
In the mid-1930s, more than six years after the Light's Golden Jubilee celebration, Henry Ford commissioned a panoramic painting of that evening's banquet. Letters were sent to attendees--including those at the head table--asking where they sat and for a photograph so that their image could be included in the painting. Former First Lady Lou Henry Hoover replied and gave her impressions of the evening.
Artifact
Correspondence
Date Made
03 July 1936 - 07 October 1936
Subject Date
21 October 1929
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Bacon, Irving R. (Irving Ruben), 1875-1962
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Liebold, Ernest G. (Ernest Gustav), 1884-1956
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1657.10
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Handwriting
Printing (Process)
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.5 in
Width: 7.25 in
Height: 8.375 in (responses)
Width: 5.25 in (responses)
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