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- Music Sheet, "Abraham Lincoln's Funeral March," 1865 - Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865 plunged Americans into deep mourning. This sheet music's somber composition and illustrated cover helped people to understand the tragic event. Printed in Detroit, it may have been used during that city's public mourning ceremony held April 25, 1865. The artist added a border depicting black cloth-draped U.S. flags and laurel leaves in the shape of a wreath around Lincoln's head.
- 1865
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Music Sheet, "Abraham Lincoln's Funeral March," 1865
Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865 plunged Americans into deep mourning. This sheet music's somber composition and illustrated cover helped people to understand the tragic event. Printed in Detroit, it may have been used during that city's public mourning ceremony held April 25, 1865. The artist added a border depicting black cloth-draped U.S. flags and laurel leaves in the shape of a wreath around Lincoln's head.
- Henry Ford II Speaking during the Presentation of the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 Helicopter to Henry Ford Museum, October 7, 1943 - Henry Ford II addressed the crowd during the presentation of Igor Sikorsky's VS-300 helicopter to Henry Ford Museum in October 1943. Only four years had passed since Sikorsky made his first flight in the aircraft. Ford anticipated the helicopter's enormous impact, noting "we won't fully realize what [Sikorsky's] research and invention will mean to the future of air transportation."
- October 07, 1943
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Henry Ford II Speaking during the Presentation of the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 Helicopter to Henry Ford Museum, October 7, 1943
Henry Ford II addressed the crowd during the presentation of Igor Sikorsky's VS-300 helicopter to Henry Ford Museum in October 1943. Only four years had passed since Sikorsky made his first flight in the aircraft. Ford anticipated the helicopter's enormous impact, noting "we won't fully realize what [Sikorsky's] research and invention will mean to the future of air transportation."
- Newspaper, The Detroit News for November 23, 1963, "Mrs. Kennedy Escorts Body to White House" - This Saturday evening issue of the <em>Detroit News</em> shows the way newspapers reported the developing news surrounding President John F. Kennedy's death. The editors took the unusual step of devoting the entire front page and much following pages to the continuing events. This lengthy coverage was unusual and occurred only to report such major events.
- November 23, 1963
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Newspaper, The Detroit News for November 23, 1963, "Mrs. Kennedy Escorts Body to White House"
This Saturday evening issue of the Detroit News shows the way newspapers reported the developing news surrounding President John F. Kennedy's death. The editors took the unusual step of devoting the entire front page and much following pages to the continuing events. This lengthy coverage was unusual and occurred only to report such major events.
- Newspaper, The Detroit News for November 24, 1963, "Photos Tie Death Gun to Oswald" - This Sunday issue of the <em>Detroit News</em> shows the way newspapers reported the developing news of President John F. Kennedy's death and the national government transition. The editors took the unusual step of devoting the entire front page and much of the following pages to the continuing events. This lengthy coverage was unusual and occurred only to report such major events.
- November 24, 1963
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Newspaper, The Detroit News for November 24, 1963, "Photos Tie Death Gun to Oswald"
This Sunday issue of the Detroit News shows the way newspapers reported the developing news of President John F. Kennedy's death and the national government transition. The editors took the unusual step of devoting the entire front page and much of the following pages to the continuing events. This lengthy coverage was unusual and occurred only to report such major events.
- George Washington Carver Lying in Repose, Tuskegee Institute Chapel, 1943 - George Washington Carver's funeral services were held at the chapel of the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, where the celebrated agricultural scientist had taught since 1896. Carver's death in 1943 provoked an outpouring of tributes to his remarkable life and work.
- January 08, 1943
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George Washington Carver Lying in Repose, Tuskegee Institute Chapel, 1943
George Washington Carver's funeral services were held at the chapel of the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, where the celebrated agricultural scientist had taught since 1896. Carver's death in 1943 provoked an outpouring of tributes to his remarkable life and work.
- Family at Clara Bryant Ford's Burial, Ford Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, 1950 - Clara Ford died on September 29, 1950. The wife of the famous automobile pioneer and American industrialist, Henry Ford, had suffered a heart attack earlier in the year and her health had steadily declined. Family buried her next to her husband in the Ford family cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.
- October 02, 1950
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Family at Clara Bryant Ford's Burial, Ford Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, 1950
Clara Ford died on September 29, 1950. The wife of the famous automobile pioneer and American industrialist, Henry Ford, had suffered a heart attack earlier in the year and her health had steadily declined. Family buried her next to her husband in the Ford family cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.
- 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
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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
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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.
- Demonstration of "Cathedral" Burial Quilt Made by Zak Foster, 2022 -
- 2022
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Demonstration of "Cathedral" Burial Quilt Made by Zak Foster, 2022
- Lithograph, "Funeral Obsequies of the Late President A. Lincoln, Columbus, O., April 29, 1865" - Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865, plunged Americans into deep mourning. All over the nation, communities joined in public ceremonies honoring the 16th president. This illustrates the procession through Columbus, Ohio, after the funeral train's arrival on April 29. Lincoln's casket, carried on an impressively large hearse drawn by six horses, is shown heading toward the mourning-draped Ohio State Capitol building.
- April 29, 1865
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Lithograph, "Funeral Obsequies of the Late President A. Lincoln, Columbus, O., April 29, 1865"
Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865, plunged Americans into deep mourning. All over the nation, communities joined in public ceremonies honoring the 16th president. This illustrates the procession through Columbus, Ohio, after the funeral train's arrival on April 29. Lincoln's casket, carried on an impressively large hearse drawn by six horses, is shown heading toward the mourning-draped Ohio State Capitol building.