Correspondence between E.G. Liebold and Ben B. Lindsey 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 asking them to indicate on an enclosed diagram where they sat and for a photograph so that their image could be included in the painting. Judge Ben Lindsey indicated where he most likely sat, then added his personal reminiscences.

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 asking them to indicate on an enclosed diagram where they sat and for a photograph so that their image could be included in the painting. Judge Ben Lindsey indicated where he most likely sat, then added his personal reminiscences.

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