Telegram from John Wriston to A. J. Lepine (for Edsel Ford) Arranging Meeting to Discuss Dearborn Inn Colonial Village, April 5, 1937
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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
Telegram
Date Made
05 April 1937
Subject Date
05 April 1937
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
From John Wriston of L. G. Treadway Service Corporation, New York, New York.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.6.40
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Typewriting
Color
Pink (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 5.063 in
Width: 8.063 in
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