Designs for The Edison Institute's Owl Night Lunch Wagon Restoration, 1983

THF197979 / Designs for The Edison Institute's Owl Night Lunch Wagon Restoration, 1983

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Drawing (Visual work)

Date Made

28 December 1983

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.72.830

Credit

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

Material

Mylar (TM)

Technique

Drawing (Image-making)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 24.125 in
Width: 36.125 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Drawings (Visual works) Design drawings Open-air museums Wagons (Cargo vehicles) Lunch wagons Colquhoun, John M., d. 1927 Henry Ford (Organization) Henry Ford Museum and 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.
Artifact
Letter from Richard Gutman concerning the Restoration of Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, October 11, 1982