Dick Gutman, Dinerman
Collections - ArticleDiners: An American Original
Diners have gained newfound respect and appreciation. Visit our blog for a closer look at diners, which reveals much about their role and significance in 20th-century America.
Collections - ArticleDishing on Diners
Richard J.S. Gutman — the world’s expert on diners — shares his start, describes his discoveries and explains his connection to The Henry Ford.
Collections - VideoInnovation Nation, Season 4
The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation, which aired for 10 seasons on CBS, showcased present-day change-makers from all over the world alongside innovators of the past whose stories are told through the archives and experiences at The Henry Ford. In Season 4, Mo Rocca explores topics on the Rise of the Diesel-Electric Locomotive, the Evolution of Aviation, Menlo Park, and more!
Collections - VideoInnovation Nation, Season 5
The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation, which aired for 10 seasons on CBS, showcased present-day change-makers from all over the world alongside innovators of the past whose stories are told through the archives and experiences at The Henry Ford. In Season 5, Mo Rocca explores topics on From Horses to Cars, Willow Run B-24 Bombers, Inside the Wright Brothers' Childhood Home, and more!
Collections - ArticleLamy’s Diner Gets a Makeover
In 2016, we decided to serve food and beverages at Lamy’s Diner in Henry Ford Museum that closely approximate what customers would have actually ordered at the diner in 1946. Learn more about this project and its outcome on our blog.
Collections - ArticleLamy's: A Diner from the Golden Age
Before diners were considered revered icons of mid-20th-century American culture, The Henry Ford's acquisition of a dilapidated 1940s diner raised more than a few eyebrows. Was a diner, from such a recent era, significant enough to be in a museum?
Collections - ArticleDick Gutman: The Beckoning Diner Stool
The diner, it seems, is irresistible. The sleek diner in a streetscape, the booth as setting for friends and family getting together, the beckoning counter stool for the lone traveler’s brief stop—all of it has become cherished over generations—the diner as a world within the greater landscape of people’s lives. For over half a century Richard J.S. “Dick” Gutman has been immersed in this world.