Dancing Class in the Ford Engineering Laboratory Dance Room, 1929

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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford created a room for dancing at Ford Motor Company's Engineering Lab, where his office and the company's engineering activities were located. These students are learning the traditional American dances of Henry Ford's youth -- along with dance etiquette. Later, Ford built Lovett Hall, an elegant ballroom named for his dancing master.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

11 May 1929

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.188.P.373

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in