Correspondence between E.G. Liebold and P.E. Martin regarding Light's Golden Jubilee Banquet Painting
THF135419 / Correspondence between E.G. Liebold and P.E. Martin regarding Light's Golden Jubilee Banquet Painting
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Artifact Overview
In the mid-1930s, more than six years after the Light's Golden Jubilee celebration, Henry Ford commissioned a panoramic painting of that evening's banquet. Letters were sent to attendees asking them to indicate on an enclosed diagram where they sat and for a photograph so that their image could be included in the painting. P.E. Martin tried to remember his exact location, but only gave an approximation.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Correspondence
Date Made
02 July 1936-19 October 1936
Subject Date
21 October 1929
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1657.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.5 in
Width: 7.25 in
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