Looking Toward Ford Airport across the Henry Ford Museum Construction Site, April 3, 1929
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford commissioned architect Robert O. Derrick to design the museum building for his Edison Institute. It was built on this site in Dearborn, Michigan, between Ford Motor Company's Engineering Laboratory and Ford Airport. In late October 1929, the completed front portion of the building hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee banquet, but the museum wasn't fully finished until the mid-1930s.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
03 April 1929
Subject Date
03 April 1929
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.189.P.6331
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Backing (Textile material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11.125 in
Inscriptions
on front, lower right corner:
DEARBORN MUSEUM / HENRY FORD AND EDSEL B. FORD / ROBERT O. DERRICK INC., ARCHITECT / ALBERT A. ALBRECHT CO. CONTRACTORS / NO. 6331 DATE 4-3-29
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