"The Dining Rooms - The J.L. Hudson Company" Menu Showing "Capital City" by John DeMartelly, 1948
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Artifact Overview
In 1946, the J.L. Hudson Company, a Detroit department store, commissioned ten American artists to create works that portrayed the people and places of Michigan. A committee selected 95 paintings that toured the state in the exhibition "Michigan on Canvas." J.L. Hudson also reproduced selected works for the covers of menus used in its Detroit flagship store's dining rooms.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Menu
Date Made
19 July 1948
Subject Date
19 July 1948
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2015.66.12
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Nina Hyde Kaufman.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 8 in
Inscriptions
On front:
Capital City / John DeMartelly / The Dining Rooms-- The J. L. Hudson Company, Detroit
On back:
"MICHIGAN ON CANVAS" / [...]
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