Anne Firestone, Elizabeth Parke Firestone, and Harvey Firestone, Jr. Dining at the Vienna Opera House, October 14, 1955

THF288151 / Anne Firestone, Elizabeth Parke Firestone, and Harvey Firestone, Jr. Dining at the Vienna Opera House, October 14, 1955
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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Print (Visual work)

Subject Date

14 October 1955

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

89.492.1697.463

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Harvey Firestone, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Photomechanical processes
Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.25 in
Width: 6 in

Inscriptions

printed below image on front: FIRESTONE FAMILY in Vienna for festivities included Mr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Firestone Jr. and their daughter Anne (left), here having their after-the-opera supper served to their box while watching dancers at the Musik vereinshalle.
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