Helen and Leon Gardner in front of Their Home on Piedmont Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, July 12, 1942

THF701002 / Helen and Leon Gardner in front of Their Home on Piedmont Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, July 12, 1942

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

12 July 1942

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2017.30.4.3

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 Houses Men Women Gardner, Helen Marie Eichele, 1889- Gardner, Leon, 1889-1955

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.