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- Stereograph, "Durham Cathedral--The Library," 1870-1873 - The Durham Cathedral in northern England has housed a collection of religious texts, manuscripts, and secular works since its early founding. Dedicated areas throughout the Cathedral served as a library space over time. The library pictured in this stereograph opened in the mid-1800s to accommodate the Cathedral's growing collection.
- 1870-1873
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Stereograph, "Durham Cathedral--The Library," 1870-1873
The Durham Cathedral in northern England has housed a collection of religious texts, manuscripts, and secular works since its early founding. Dedicated areas throughout the Cathedral served as a library space over time. The library pictured in this stereograph opened in the mid-1800s to accommodate the Cathedral's growing collection.
- People Seated at Table in a Tearoom, circa 1930 - One dining option for early motorist was local tearooms. These establishments provided a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. This photograph, taken about 1930, shows a group of diners at a tearoom in Florida.
- circa 1930
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People Seated at Table in a Tearoom, circa 1930
One dining option for early motorist was local tearooms. These establishments provided a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. This photograph, taken about 1930, shows a group of diners at a tearoom in Florida.
- Executive Lounge, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague to create its exhibition building. Inside, furnishings and decor reflected Teague's modern, eye-catching design. Clean curves, sharp lines, modern materials, and industrial imagery in Ford's executive and dealers' lounges symbolized the company's technological progress.
- May 09, 1939
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Executive Lounge, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague to create its exhibition building. Inside, furnishings and decor reflected Teague's modern, eye-catching design. Clean curves, sharp lines, modern materials, and industrial imagery in Ford's executive and dealers' lounges symbolized the company's technological progress.
- Executive Lounge, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague to create its exhibition building. Inside, furnishings and decor reflected Teague's modern, eye-catching design. Clean curves, sharp lines, modern materials, and industrial imagery in Ford's executive and dealers' lounges symbolized the company's technological progress.
- May 28, 1939
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Executive Lounge, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague to create its exhibition building. Inside, furnishings and decor reflected Teague's modern, eye-catching design. Clean curves, sharp lines, modern materials, and industrial imagery in Ford's executive and dealers' lounges symbolized the company's technological progress.
- Drawing, "Liv. Rm Fire Place and Kitchen Fire Place Mrs. Wells House Union Conn" (now Daggett Farmhouse), April 5, 1977 -
- April 05, 1977
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Drawing, "Liv. Rm Fire Place and Kitchen Fire Place Mrs. Wells House Union Conn" (now Daggett Farmhouse), April 5, 1977
- Drawing, "S.E. Bed Room 2nd and Living Room Fire Places M. Wells House Union Conn." (now Daggett Farmhouse), April 2, 1977 -
- April 02, 1977
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Drawing, "S.E. Bed Room 2nd and Living Room Fire Places M. Wells House Union Conn." (now Daggett Farmhouse), April 2, 1977
- Mural by Paule and Max Ingrand, circa 1935 -
- circa 1935
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Mural by Paule and Max Ingrand, circa 1935
- "Pirate Ship" Decoration for Henry Ford II's 21st Birthday Party, September 1938 - Henry Ford II, oldest child of Edsel and Eleanor Ford (and oldest grandchild of Henry and Clara Ford), turned 21 on September 4, 1938. The family's home at Gaukler Pointe, near Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, was lavishly decorated for the milestone-birthday party -- complete with a scaled-down sailing ship in the estate's lagoon.
- September 12, 1938
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"Pirate Ship" Decoration for Henry Ford II's 21st Birthday Party, September 1938
Henry Ford II, oldest child of Edsel and Eleanor Ford (and oldest grandchild of Henry and Clara Ford), turned 21 on September 4, 1938. The family's home at Gaukler Pointe, near Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, was lavishly decorated for the milestone-birthday party -- complete with a scaled-down sailing ship in the estate's lagoon.
- "Pirate Ship" Decoration for Henry Ford II's 21st Birthday Party, September 1938 - Henry Ford II, oldest child of Edsel and Eleanor Ford (and oldest grandchild of Henry and Clara Ford), turned 21 on September 4, 1938. The family's home at Gaukler Pointe, near Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, was lavishly decorated for the milestone-birthday party -- complete with a scaled-down sailing ship in the estate's lagoon.
- September 12, 1938
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"Pirate Ship" Decoration for Henry Ford II's 21st Birthday Party, September 1938
Henry Ford II, oldest child of Edsel and Eleanor Ford (and oldest grandchild of Henry and Clara Ford), turned 21 on September 4, 1938. The family's home at Gaukler Pointe, near Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, was lavishly decorated for the milestone-birthday party -- complete with a scaled-down sailing ship in the estate's lagoon.
- "The Dearborn Inn Colonial Homes and Motor House," circa 1985 - Edsel and Henry Ford conceived the Dearborn Inn as a business opportunity when it opened in 1931. Initially, the inn hosted pilots and travelers transiting through the nearby Ford Airport, but after the airport closed, it served visitors to Dearborn and Ford Motor Company. From the 1950s into the late 1980s, the inn was managed by the Edison Institute.
- circa 1985
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"The Dearborn Inn Colonial Homes and Motor House," circa 1985
Edsel and Henry Ford conceived the Dearborn Inn as a business opportunity when it opened in 1931. Initially, the inn hosted pilots and travelers transiting through the nearby Ford Airport, but after the airport closed, it served visitors to Dearborn and Ford Motor Company. From the 1950s into the late 1980s, the inn was managed by the Edison Institute.