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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.
- 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
- Collections - Artifact
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.
- 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.