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- Dudley Engine in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1934 - Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
- circa 1934
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Dudley Engine in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1934
Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
- Toy Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, circa 1941 - Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts the Street of Shops exhibit in the Henry Ford Museum.
- circa 1941
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Toy Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, circa 1941
Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts the Street of Shops exhibit in the Henry Ford Museum.
- Fine Arts Collection in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1941 - Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts a display in the Henry Ford Museum.
- circa 1941
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Fine Arts Collection in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1941
Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts a display in the Henry Ford Museum.
- Young Henry Ford and John Ford Pulling a Sled with a Boiling Kettle, by Irving Bacon, 1940 - Henry Ford and his younger brother, John, pull a sled holding a kettle of boiling water while their mother, Mary, watches from the doorway. The boys are playing train, pretending that the sled is a thundering steam locomotive. This painting is one of several childhood scenes that Henry Ford commissioned from his favorite artist, Irving Bacon.
- circa 1875
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Young Henry Ford and John Ford Pulling a Sled with a Boiling Kettle, by Irving Bacon, 1940
Henry Ford and his younger brother, John, pull a sled holding a kettle of boiling water while their mother, Mary, watches from the doorway. The boys are playing train, pretending that the sled is a thundering steam locomotive. This painting is one of several childhood scenes that Henry Ford commissioned from his favorite artist, Irving Bacon.
- Oil Painting, Rouge Plant, by Irving R. Bacon, 1949 -
- 1949
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Oil Painting, Rouge Plant, by Irving R. Bacon, 1949
- Henry Ford as a Small Child Being Shown a Bird's Nest by his Family, by Irving Bacon, 1936 - Henry Ford, a four-year-old boy in his mother's arms, looks on as his parents show him and his brother, John, a sparrow's nest in a fallen tree. It was Ford's earliest memory, and he had the scene recreated in this painting by favorite artist Irving Bacon.
- circa 1866
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Henry Ford as a Small Child Being Shown a Bird's Nest by his Family, by Irving Bacon, 1936
Henry Ford, a four-year-old boy in his mother's arms, looks on as his parents show him and his brother, John, a sparrow's nest in a fallen tree. It was Ford's earliest memory, and he had the scene recreated in this painting by favorite artist Irving Bacon.
- Portrait of George Washington Carver, 1944 - Henry Ford commissioned his personal artist, Irving Bacon, to paint a portrait of Ford's friend, the agricultural scientist George Washington Carver. Carver sat for the painting during his visit to Dearborn in 1942. This photographs documents the work. Carver, who loved plants, the soil, and farmers, is shown in a meadow wearing his customary old suit with boutonniere and holding a peanut and milkweed pod.
- 1944
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Portrait of George Washington Carver, 1944
Henry Ford commissioned his personal artist, Irving Bacon, to paint a portrait of Ford's friend, the agricultural scientist George Washington Carver. Carver sat for the painting during his visit to Dearborn in 1942. This photographs documents the work. Carver, who loved plants, the soil, and farmers, is shown in a meadow wearing his customary old suit with boutonniere and holding a peanut and milkweed pod.
- Gun and Locksmith Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, circa 1941 - Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts the Street of Shops exhibit in the Henry Ford Museum.
- circa 1941
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Gun and Locksmith Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, circa 1941
Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts the Street of Shops exhibit in the Henry Ford Museum.
- East India Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, circa 1941 - Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts the Street of Shops exhibit in the Henry Ford Museum.
- circa 1941
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East India Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, circa 1941
Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts the Street of Shops exhibit in the Henry Ford Museum.
- Leather Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, circa 1941 - Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts the Street of Shops exhibit in the Henry Ford Museum.
- circa 1941
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Leather Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, circa 1941
Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts the Street of Shops exhibit in the Henry Ford Museum.