Correspondence between E.G. Liebold and Herbert Hoover regarding Light's Golden Jubilee Banquet Painting, 1936
THF276913 / Correspondence between E.G. Liebold and Herbert Hoover regarding Light's Golden Jubilee Banquet Painting, 1936 / item1
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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 -- including the special guests at the head table -- asking them to indicate on an enclosed diagram where they sat during the event. Former President Herbert Hoover reported his position in this polite and succinct letter.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Correspondence
Date Made
03 July 1936 - 21 July 1936
Subject Date
21 October 1929
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1657.9
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Handwriting
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.5 in
Width: 7.25 in
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ArtifactLight's Golden Jubilee and Dedication of Edison Institute by Irving Bacon, Painted 1945
Henry Ford planned the dedication of his museum complex to coincide with the 50th anniversary in October 1929 of Thomas Edison's invention of the incandescent lamp. Surprisingly, there were no photographs taken of the Light's Golden Jubilee banquet so, in the mid-1930s, Ford asked his staff artist, Irving Bacon, to capture the event in this panoramic painting, which took over a decade to complete.