Blake Hayes, John Baeder, Richard Gutman, Colin Strayer, and Larry Cultrera inside Owl Night Lunch Wagon, Greenfield Village, 1987

THF714783 / Blake Hayes, John Baeder, Richard Gutman, Colin Strayer, and Larry Cultrera inside Owl Night Lunch Wagon, Greenfield Village, 1987

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Subject Date

December 1987

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.72.655

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Richard J.S. Gutman Diner Collection.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Slides (Photographs) Photographs Interior views Museum employees Open-air museums Wagons (Cargo vehicles) Lunch wagons Gutman, Richard J.S. Hayes, Blake Baeder, John Strayer, Colin J. Cultrera, Larry Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Owl Night Lunch Wagon

Artifact
Owl Night Lunch Wagon Used by Henry Ford, circa 1890
The Henry Ford's Owl Night Lunch wagon is thought to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America. It served food to nighttime workers in downtown Detroit, and attracted such diverse clientele as reporters, politicians, policemen, factory workers, and supposedly even underworld characters! Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s.