Automobiles in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1937
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Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
Artifact
Drawing (Visual work)
Subject Date
circa 1937
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.174.105
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
illustration board
Technique
Drawing (Image-making)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 15 in
Width: 20 in
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