Plastic Cup Set Used by Lindbergh Family While Camping, 1942-1957
THF104639 / Plastic Cup Set Used by Lindbergh Family While Camping, 1942-1957
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Artifact Overview
Charles and Anne Lindbergh used this group of plastic cups when camping on their cross-country trips. The Lindbergh family traveled to 37 states and Ontario, Canada between 1942 and 1957 in a trailer supplied by Henry Ford.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Plastic cups
Date Made
1942-1957
Subject Date
1942-1957
Place of Creation
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
57.72.25
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Charles A. Lindbergh
Material
Plastic
Technique
Blow molding
Color
Red
White (Color)
Blue
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Diameter: 2.25 in
Inscriptions
Stamped into bottom: MADE IN U.S.A. / unidentified makers mark (M or script N with curved arrow?)
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SetThe Lindberghs’ Trailer
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This photograph shows the interior of the trailer Henry Ford gave to his friend Charles Lindbergh in 1942. Charles and his wife Anne used it as a home on the road and as a spare room and study at home. Anne wrote The Steep Ascent here, and Charles wrote portions of his Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Spirit of St. Louis.