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- Invitation Sent to Members of "The City Government" for a Lighting Exhibition at Menlo Park Laboratory, December 18, 1880 -
- December 18, 1880
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Invitation Sent to Members of "The City Government" for a Lighting Exhibition at Menlo Park Laboratory, December 18, 1880
- Gus Munchow is Presented with a Rare Australian Black Swan Found at Camp Dearborn, December 1963 - Gustav Munchow became the gardener at Henry and Clara Ford's Fair Lane estate in Dearborn, Michigan, around 1930, after emigrating from Germany. Soon after, Henry asked him to landscape the gardens of the Cotswold Cottage, an English cottage Ford had recently moved to Greenfield Village. Munchow's work impressed the Fords. Munchow later led the grounds and maintenance departments for the Museum and Greenfield Village.
- December 01, 1963
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Gus Munchow is Presented with a Rare Australian Black Swan Found at Camp Dearborn, December 1963
Gustav Munchow became the gardener at Henry and Clara Ford's Fair Lane estate in Dearborn, Michigan, around 1930, after emigrating from Germany. Soon after, Henry asked him to landscape the gardens of the Cotswold Cottage, an English cottage Ford had recently moved to Greenfield Village. Munchow's work impressed the Fords. Munchow later led the grounds and maintenance departments for the Museum and Greenfield Village.
- Chicago City Officials Extend an Invitation to Amelia Earhart and the "Friendship" Crew, July 9, 1928 - After her successful June 17-18, 1928, transatlantic flight, Amelia Earhart embarked on a publicity tour arranged by her publicist (and eventual husband) George Putnam. She visited New York City, Boston, Pittsburgh, Toledo, and Chicago, enduring parades and pageantry at every stop. While in the Windy City, Earhart and her <em>Friendship</em> crewmates were received by a group of Chicago dignitaries.
- July 09, 1928
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Chicago City Officials Extend an Invitation to Amelia Earhart and the "Friendship" Crew, July 9, 1928
After her successful June 17-18, 1928, transatlantic flight, Amelia Earhart embarked on a publicity tour arranged by her publicist (and eventual husband) George Putnam. She visited New York City, Boston, Pittsburgh, Toledo, and Chicago, enduring parades and pageantry at every stop. While in the Windy City, Earhart and her Friendship crewmates were received by a group of Chicago dignitaries.
- City and State Officials Visiting the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935 - Ford Motor Company was the major exhibitor at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego. The Ford Building, Music Bowl, and outdoor "Roads of the Pacific" experience composed the Exposition's largest and most popular attraction. Ford hosted these three California government officials, who numbered among the reported 2.5 million fairgoers to visit the Ford Exhibit.
- 1935
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City and State Officials Visiting the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935
Ford Motor Company was the major exhibitor at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego. The Ford Building, Music Bowl, and outdoor "Roads of the Pacific" experience composed the Exposition's largest and most popular attraction. Ford hosted these three California government officials, who numbered among the reported 2.5 million fairgoers to visit the Ford Exhibit.
- Letter from William Woodbridge to Ramsay Crooks, February 17, 1822 -
- February 17, 1822
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Letter from William Woodbridge to Ramsay Crooks, February 17, 1822
- U.S. Attorney General Charles Devens, 1877 - Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This 1877 example made in Boston, Massachusetts, depicts Charles Devens, U.S. Attorney General under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
- 1877
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U.S. Attorney General Charles Devens, 1877
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This 1877 example made in Boston, Massachusetts, depicts Charles Devens, U.S. Attorney General under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
- Guide Marie Hamilton in Greenfield Village with Members of the Soviet Exchange Delegation of Tourist Experts, June 15, 1961 - The parents of Marie Hamilton (1922-1991) fled Russia, moving to Bulgaria, where Maria was born. The following year, the family moved to the US and settled in Detroit. Marie became a part-time guide at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in 1952. Twelve years later, she worked full-time, conducting VIP tours for foreign dignitaries (she spoke fluent Russian) and supervising other guides.
- June 15, 1961
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Guide Marie Hamilton in Greenfield Village with Members of the Soviet Exchange Delegation of Tourist Experts, June 15, 1961
The parents of Marie Hamilton (1922-1991) fled Russia, moving to Bulgaria, where Maria was born. The following year, the family moved to the US and settled in Detroit. Marie became a part-time guide at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in 1952. Twelve years later, she worked full-time, conducting VIP tours for foreign dignitaries (she spoke fluent Russian) and supervising other guides.
- Invitation Sent to Members of "The City Government" for a Lighting Exhibition at Menlo Park Laboratory, December 18, 1880 -
- December 18, 1880
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Invitation Sent to Members of "The City Government" for a Lighting Exhibition at Menlo Park Laboratory, December 18, 1880
- Look Magazine for December 18, 1962, "Washington in Crisis" - <em>Look</em> magazine was one of the popular documenters of American life at the time of John F. Kennedy's presidency. This cover feature details the "untold story" of President Kennedy's cancelled plan to invade Cuba, a tense 154-hour period during which "the world faced the possibility of nuclear conflict."
- December 18, 1962
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Look Magazine for December 18, 1962, "Washington in Crisis"
Look magazine was one of the popular documenters of American life at the time of John F. Kennedy's presidency. This cover feature details the "untold story" of President Kennedy's cancelled plan to invade Cuba, a tense 154-hour period during which "the world faced the possibility of nuclear conflict."
- Portrait of Otto von Bismarck, circa 1875 - Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Politicians, military officers, and, even foreign dignitaries, such as German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, were popular subjects.
- circa 1875
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Portrait of Otto von Bismarck, circa 1875
Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Politicians, military officers, and, even foreign dignitaries, such as German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, were popular subjects.