Representative John Dingell Speaking at Henry Ford Museum, October 2, 1996

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Artifact Overview

Representative John Dingell addressed the audience at a presentation by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley in Henry Ford Museum on October 2, 1996. Dingell served Michigan's 15th, 16th, and 12th districts in the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 2015, making him not only Michigan's longest-serving representative, but the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

02 October 1996

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.N.B.112818.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2.125 in
Width: 2.125 in

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