Irish Glass on Display in Henry Ford Museum Promenade, March 1939

THF271158 / Irish Glass on Display in Henry Ford Museum Promenade, March 1939
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Artifact Overview

This photograph documents the Museum's glass display on March 15, 1939. The collection was arranged in recessed cases lining the Promenade, the long marble corridor at the front of the Museum. Curators limited the display to examples representing Early American blown and pressed glass as well as English and Irish glass, then thought the most important for study and exhibit.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

15 March 1939

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.188.44273

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10.125 in

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