Eve Curie Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, April 1939

THF716413 / Eve Curie Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, April 1939

THF716414 / Eve Curie Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, April 1939

THF716415 / Eve Curie Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, April 1939 / back

Artifact Overview

Eve Curie, daughter of two-time Nobel Prize recipient Marie Curie, visited Greenfield Village on April 1, 1939. Eve had written a biography about her famous mother and was on a tour of America, lecturing on the history of women in science. Ten years earlier, Marie had visited Greenfield Village for the Light's Golden Jubilee celebration and had spoken highly of the event.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

01 April 1939

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department

Collection Title

Personal for Henry Ford Photographs

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.188.P.24698

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Celebrities Incandescent lamps (Lighting device components) Laboratories Open-air museums Visitors Curie, Eve, 1904-2007 Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941 Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.)