Edward Knabusch and Edwin Shoemaker, circa 1970

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Artifact Overview

Cousins and business partners Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch established a successful furniture company through a combination of invention and marketing. The "La-Z-Boy" reclining chair technology they developed--and the creative ways they advertised it to customers--came to define the cousins' business.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1970

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2015.78.1.325

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of La-Z-Boy, Incorporated.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.000 in
Width: 8.000 in