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- Maitre d'Hotel Ernest, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - To promote its elaborate exposition at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company established a dedicated Press Department. Public relations staff worked to ensure that Ford's corporate presence saturated the fair. Select guests attended special teas, luncheons and dinners in the Ford exhibit building's lavishly decorated lounges, where they enjoyed gourmet fare and luxury service.
- July 06, 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Maitre d'Hotel Ernest, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
To promote its elaborate exposition at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company established a dedicated Press Department. Public relations staff worked to ensure that Ford's corporate presence saturated the fair. Select guests attended special teas, luncheons and dinners in the Ford exhibit building's lavishly decorated lounges, where they enjoyed gourmet fare and luxury service.
- Application Letters from Charles Jones for Work as Steward or Porter on the Fair Lane, Henry Ford's Private Rail Car, 1922-1923 - Henry and Clara Ford purchased <em>Fair Lane</em>, their private railroad passenger car, in 1921. When stories about the railcar appeared in newspapers, experienced railroad porters, stewards and cooks sent letters of interest about working for the Fords. Generally, <em>Fair Lane</em> was staffed by a porter to attend to passengers' needs, and a cook to prepare meals.
- January 1922-June 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Application Letters from Charles Jones for Work as Steward or Porter on the Fair Lane, Henry Ford's Private Rail Car, 1922-1923
Henry and Clara Ford purchased Fair Lane, their private railroad passenger car, in 1921. When stories about the railcar appeared in newspapers, experienced railroad porters, stewards and cooks sent letters of interest about working for the Fords. Generally, Fair Lane was staffed by a porter to attend to passengers' needs, and a cook to prepare meals.
- Application Letter from Vern Burnett for Employment on the Fair Lane, Henry Ford's Private Rail Car, March 1923 - Henry and Clara Ford purchased <em>Fair Lane</em>, their private railroad passenger car, in 1921. When stories about the railcar appeared in newspapers, experienced railroad porters, stewards and cooks sent letters of interest about working for the Fords. Generally, <em>Fair Lane</em> was staffed by a porter to attend to passengers' needs, and a cook to prepare meals.
- March 01, 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Application Letter from Vern Burnett for Employment on the Fair Lane, Henry Ford's Private Rail Car, March 1923
Henry and Clara Ford purchased Fair Lane, their private railroad passenger car, in 1921. When stories about the railcar appeared in newspapers, experienced railroad porters, stewards and cooks sent letters of interest about working for the Fords. Generally, Fair Lane was staffed by a porter to attend to passengers' needs, and a cook to prepare meals.
- Detroit Photographic Company's Railcar and Staff, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, circa 1904 - Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.
- circa 1904
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Photographic Company's Railcar and Staff, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, circa 1904
Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.
- Application Letter from Jose M. Casonhua for Employment on the Fair Lane, Henry Ford's Private Rail Car, December 1923 - Henry and Clara Ford purchased <em>Fair Lane</em>, their private railroad passenger car, in 1921. When stories about the railcar appeared in newspapers, experienced railroad porters, stewards and cooks sent letters of interest about working for the Fords. Generally, <em>Fair Lane</em> was staffed by a porter to attend to passengers' needs, and a cook to prepare meals.
- December 01, 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Application Letter from Jose M. Casonhua for Employment on the Fair Lane, Henry Ford's Private Rail Car, December 1923
Henry and Clara Ford purchased Fair Lane, their private railroad passenger car, in 1921. When stories about the railcar appeared in newspapers, experienced railroad porters, stewards and cooks sent letters of interest about working for the Fords. Generally, Fair Lane was staffed by a porter to attend to passengers' needs, and a cook to prepare meals.
- Air Line Stewards and Stewardesses Association Membership Card for D.L. Beers, 1965-1967 - Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965. She carried this card confirming her membership in the occupational union. Beers left TWA to marry Richard Hill in 1966. At the time, many airlines would not employ married women as flight attendants. That practice was eliminated on U.S.-based carriers by the 1980s.
- 1965-1967
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Air Line Stewards and Stewardesses Association Membership Card for D.L. Beers, 1965-1967
Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965. She carried this card confirming her membership in the occupational union. Beers left TWA to marry Richard Hill in 1966. At the time, many airlines would not employ married women as flight attendants. That practice was eliminated on U.S.-based carriers by the 1980s.
- Detroit Photographic Company Special Railcar on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, 1902 - Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.
- 1902
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Photographic Company Special Railcar on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, 1902
Detroit Photographic Company promoted its thousands of images -- sold in the form of color postcards, prints and photo albums -- with railroad cars converted into mobile galleries. The company's photographs depicted everything from city streets to natural landscapes, and they were distinguished by the special "Photochrom" colorization process that made black-and-white images look like color photographs.
- Maitre d'Hotel Ernest, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - To promote its elaborate exposition at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company established a dedicated Press Department. Public relations staff worked to ensure that Ford's corporate presence saturated the fair. Select guests attended special teas, luncheons and dinners in the Ford exhibit building's lavishly decorated lounges, where they enjoyed gourmet fare and luxury service.
- July 06, 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Maitre d'Hotel Ernest, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
To promote its elaborate exposition at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company established a dedicated Press Department. Public relations staff worked to ensure that Ford's corporate presence saturated the fair. Select guests attended special teas, luncheons and dinners in the Ford exhibit building's lavishly decorated lounges, where they enjoyed gourmet fare and luxury service.
- "Steward UAW" Button, circa 1987 -
- circa 1987
- Collections - Artifact
"Steward UAW" Button, circa 1987