Helen and Leon Gardner in Their Detroit, Michigan Home with Daughter, Esther Hird and Grandchildren, Carla and David Hird, Christmas 1950

THF700998 / Helen and Leon Gardner in Their Detroit, Michigan Home with Daughter, Esther Hird and Grandchildren, Carla and David Hird, Christmas 1950

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1950

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2017.30.4.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carla and Robert Jay Tibble.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2.75 in
Width: 4.5 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Detroit Snapshots Photographic prints Photographs Christmas Daughters Families Grandchildren Grandparents Kitchens Gardner, Helen Marie Eichele, 1889- Gardner, Leon, 1889-1955 Hird, David Hird, Esther Gardner, 1924-2005 Tibble, Carla Hird

Artifact
China Dinnerware Set, Painted by Helen Gardner between 1911 and 1912
China painting was an important pastime for many American women. They painted over the glaze of fired, undecorated pieces of white porcelain called "blanks." In preparation for her 1912 wedding to Leon Gardner, recent college graduate Helen Marie Eichele purchased a set of blank china and decorated it with the help of some friends.