Helen Doremus at Her Retirement Luncheon, Shaking Hands with Edison Institute President Donald A. Shelley, June 1967

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Artifact Overview

Helen (Gore) Doremus was born in 1898 in Detroit, Michigan, to John and Mary Gore, neighbors of Henry and Clara Ford. Helen became a dedicated educator, teaching in Detroit schools before marrying in 1926. She returned to the education field after her husband passed away in 1935. Doremus began teaching at Henry Ford's Greenfield Village schools in 1943 and retired in 1966.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

24 June 1967

Subject Date

24 June 1967

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.N.B.44285

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

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