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- Harwood Steiger Placemat, "Pimeria Alta" - The screen-printed fabrics produced by the studio of Harwood Steiger, Inc. are replete with motifs from the American Southwest, including images depicting early Spanish colonization. Although husband-and-wife proprietors Harwood and Sophie Steiger were born in the Northeast, the Sonoran Desert became their home. The area inspired their enduring partnership, which saw Harwood as the primary artist, and Sophie as the expert botanist and businesswoman.
- 1956-1980
- Collections - Artifact
Harwood Steiger Placemat, "Pimeria Alta"
The screen-printed fabrics produced by the studio of Harwood Steiger, Inc. are replete with motifs from the American Southwest, including images depicting early Spanish colonization. Although husband-and-wife proprietors Harwood and Sophie Steiger were born in the Northeast, the Sonoran Desert became their home. The area inspired their enduring partnership, which saw Harwood as the primary artist, and Sophie as the expert botanist and businesswoman.
- Harwood Steiger Placemat, "Pimeria Alta" - The screen-printed fabrics produced by the studio of Harwood Steiger, Inc. are replete with motifs from the American Southwest, including images depicting early Spanish colonization. Although husband-and-wife proprietors Harwood and Sophie Steiger were born in the Northeast, the Sonoran Desert became their home. The area inspired their enduring partnership, which saw Harwood as the primary artist, and Sophie as the expert botanist and businesswoman.
- 1956-1980
- Collections - Artifact
Harwood Steiger Placemat, "Pimeria Alta"
The screen-printed fabrics produced by the studio of Harwood Steiger, Inc. are replete with motifs from the American Southwest, including images depicting early Spanish colonization. Although husband-and-wife proprietors Harwood and Sophie Steiger were born in the Northeast, the Sonoran Desert became their home. The area inspired their enduring partnership, which saw Harwood as the primary artist, and Sophie as the expert botanist and businesswoman.
- Harwood Steiger Placemat, "Pimeria Alta" - The screen-printed fabrics produced by the studio of Harwood Steiger, Inc. are replete with motifs from the American Southwest, including images depicting early Spanish colonization. Although husband-and-wife proprietors Harwood and Sophie Steiger were born in the Northeast, the Sonoran Desert became their home. The area inspired their enduring partnership, which saw Harwood as the primary artist, and Sophie as the expert botanist and businesswoman.
- 1956-1980
- Collections - Artifact
Harwood Steiger Placemat, "Pimeria Alta"
The screen-printed fabrics produced by the studio of Harwood Steiger, Inc. are replete with motifs from the American Southwest, including images depicting early Spanish colonization. Although husband-and-wife proprietors Harwood and Sophie Steiger were born in the Northeast, the Sonoran Desert became their home. The area inspired their enduring partnership, which saw Harwood as the primary artist, and Sophie as the expert botanist and businesswoman.
- Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 - In the routine course of business, Ford Motor Company received a steady flow of news and financial reports from the Wall Street Journal. These dispatches came over the teletype machine on November 22, 1963 describing events from the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in Dallas through the official report of his death several hours later.
- November 22, 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963
In the routine course of business, Ford Motor Company received a steady flow of news and financial reports from the Wall Street Journal. These dispatches came over the teletype machine on November 22, 1963 describing events from the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in Dallas through the official report of his death several hours later.
- Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 - In the routine course of business, Ford Motor Company received a steady flow of news and financial reports from the Wall Street Journal. These dispatches came over the teletype machine on November 22, 1963 describing events from the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in Dallas through the official report of his death several hours later.
- November 22, 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963
In the routine course of business, Ford Motor Company received a steady flow of news and financial reports from the Wall Street Journal. These dispatches came over the teletype machine on November 22, 1963 describing events from the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in Dallas through the official report of his death several hours later.
- Priest Making Home Visits, Fordlandia, Brazil, August 1931 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
- August 15, 1931
- Collections - Artifact
Priest Making Home Visits, Fordlandia, Brazil, August 1931
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
- Harwood Steiger Placemat, "Pimeria Alta" - The screen-printed fabrics produced by the studio of Harwood Steiger, Inc. are replete with motifs from the American Southwest, including images depicting early Spanish colonization. Although husband-and-wife proprietors Harwood and Sophie Steiger were born in the Northeast, the Sonoran Desert became their home. The area inspired their enduring partnership, which saw Harwood as the primary artist, and Sophie as the expert botanist and businesswoman.
- 1956-1980
- Collections - Artifact
Harwood Steiger Placemat, "Pimeria Alta"
The screen-printed fabrics produced by the studio of Harwood Steiger, Inc. are replete with motifs from the American Southwest, including images depicting early Spanish colonization. Although husband-and-wife proprietors Harwood and Sophie Steiger were born in the Northeast, the Sonoran Desert became their home. The area inspired their enduring partnership, which saw Harwood as the primary artist, and Sophie as the expert botanist and businesswoman.
- WJR Radio Host J.P. McCarthy Interviewing Edison Institute Chief Conservator Edward Gilbert, August 1973 -
- August 06, 1973
- Collections - Artifact
WJR Radio Host J.P. McCarthy Interviewing Edison Institute Chief Conservator Edward Gilbert, August 1973
- Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 - In the routine course of business, Ford Motor Company received a steady flow of news and financial reports from the Wall Street Journal. These dispatches came over the teletype machine on November 22, 1963 describing events from the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in Dallas through the official report of his death several hours later.
- November 22, 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963
In the routine course of business, Ford Motor Company received a steady flow of news and financial reports from the Wall Street Journal. These dispatches came over the teletype machine on November 22, 1963 describing events from the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in Dallas through the official report of his death several hours later.
- Newspaper, The Michigan Catholic for November 28, 1963, "Pope Expresses Grief at Death of President" - This weekly newspaper issue of <em>The Michigan Catholic</em> announced the death of President John F. Kennedy the previous Friday November 22, 1963. The editors placed the late-breaking news and the Church leaders' response as headlines and stories to the already prepared front page. This tragic event was especially devastating to those of the Catholic religion because Kennedy was the first Catholic U.S. president.
- November 28, 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Newspaper, The Michigan Catholic for November 28, 1963, "Pope Expresses Grief at Death of President"
This weekly newspaper issue of The Michigan Catholic announced the death of President John F. Kennedy the previous Friday November 22, 1963. The editors placed the late-breaking news and the Church leaders' response as headlines and stories to the already prepared front page. This tragic event was especially devastating to those of the Catholic religion because Kennedy was the first Catholic U.S. president.