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- Clipped Poem, "The Old Hot-Dog Wagon," Sent to Henry Ford from Mrs. H. E. Hornbeck, January 1936 - This poem by Edgar Guest recalls meeting Henry Ford at a night lunch wagon in Detroit, probably in the late 1890s. Night lunch wagons offered simple, affordable food to nighttime workers like Guest -- a "fledgling reporter" -- and Ford -- an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company -- after regular restaurants closed for the night.
- January 01, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Clipped Poem, "The Old Hot-Dog Wagon," Sent to Henry Ford from Mrs. H. E. Hornbeck, January 1936
This poem by Edgar Guest recalls meeting Henry Ford at a night lunch wagon in Detroit, probably in the late 1890s. Night lunch wagons offered simple, affordable food to nighttime workers like Guest -- a "fledgling reporter" -- and Ford -- an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company -- after regular restaurants closed for the night.