Letter from Edsel Ford's Office to Charles Hart regarding the Walt Whitman House, Pool and Bath House for Dearborn Inn, May 3, 1936
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Artifact Overview
By the mid-1930s, the Dearborn Inn, a popular luxury hotel, required additional accommodations to service travelers and visitors to the Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford). The L.G. Treadway Service Corporation consulted with Edsel Ford about proposed upgrades that included a swimming pool, pool house, landscaping, and a "Colonial Village" of guest houses (replicas of homes famous in American history).
Artifact Details
Artifact
Letter (Correspondence)
Date Made
05 May 1936
Subject Date
05 May 1936
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.6.27
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in
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