Henry Ford Museum, circa 1934

Summary

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 1934

Collection Title

Irving R. Bacon Papers 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

84.1.1657.15

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Cardboard

Technique

Drawing (Image-making)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 19 in

Width: 29.75 in

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