Correspondence between E.G. Liebold and Edwin W. Hammer regarding Light's Golden Jubilee Banquet Painting, 1936

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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. Edwin Hammer sent a photograph and a transcription of his diary entry for that day.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Correspondence

Date Made

02 July 1936 - 11 August 1936

Subject Date

21 October 1929

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1657.8

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Photographic materials

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Printing (Process)
Typewriting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.5 in (letters)
Width: 7.25 in (letters)
Height: 11 in (response)
Width: 8.5 in (response)
Height: 10.25 in (seating chart)
Width: 7.25 in (seating chart)
Height: 6 in (photograph)
Width: 4 in (photograph)
Height: 2.25 in (photograph)
Width: 2.25 in (photograph)

Correspondence between E.G. Liebold and Edwin W. Hammer regarding Light's Golden Jubilee Banquet Painting, 1936