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- Brochure, "Some Facts regarding the Walt Whitman House," Dearborn Inn Colonial Village, 1937 - By the mid-1930s, the Dearborn Inn, a popular luxury hotel, required additional accommodations to service travelers and visitors to the Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford). The L.G. Treadway Service Corporation consulted with Edsel Ford and had five reproduction houses constructed behind the Inn. The exteriors were exact replicas of homes famous in American history, but guests found modern amenities inside.
- 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Brochure, "Some Facts regarding the Walt Whitman House," Dearborn Inn Colonial Village, 1937
By the mid-1930s, the Dearborn Inn, a popular luxury hotel, required additional accommodations to service travelers and visitors to the Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford). The L.G. Treadway Service Corporation consulted with Edsel Ford and had five reproduction houses constructed behind the Inn. The exteriors were exact replicas of homes famous in American history, but guests found modern amenities inside.
- Booklet, "Important Historical Relics Lately Added to the Ford Collections at Dearborn," 1937 -
- 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Booklet, "Important Historical Relics Lately Added to the Ford Collections at Dearborn," 1937
- "Road Signs (Part 1 & 2)" Screen Print by Corita Kent, 1969 -
- 1969
- Collections - Artifact
"Road Signs (Part 1 & 2)" Screen Print by Corita Kent, 1969
- Chest of Drawers with Dressing Glass, Used in the Dearborn Inn's Colonial Homes, 1936 -
- 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Chest of Drawers with Dressing Glass, Used in the Dearborn Inn's Colonial Homes, 1936
- Can Label, "Bare Foot Boy Brand Tomatoes," circa 1910 - Manufacturers of similar products sought ways to make their companies' goods stand out on store shelves. Eye-catching and attractive labels encouraged potential customers to purchase the company's product rather than that of a competitor. Characters, like the Bare Foot Boy featured in this label, were common design elements in product advertising, evoking an emotion or personal connection between the product and the customer.
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Can Label, "Bare Foot Boy Brand Tomatoes," circa 1910
Manufacturers of similar products sought ways to make their companies' goods stand out on store shelves. Eye-catching and attractive labels encouraged potential customers to purchase the company's product rather than that of a competitor. Characters, like the Bare Foot Boy featured in this label, were common design elements in product advertising, evoking an emotion or personal connection between the product and the customer.