Portrait of Robert O. Derrick, Architect of Henry Ford Museum and Lovett Hall, circa 1929
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Robert O. Derrick (1890-1961) was a young architect, with only three public buildings completed, when Henry Ford gave him the commission for the museum. Trained at Yale and Columbia Universities, he was skilled in historical revival styles, which were at the peak of their popularity in the 1920s. His reproduction of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, the most iconic building in American history, made the museum famous.
Robert O. Derrick (1890-1961) was a young architect, with only three public buildings completed, when Henry Ford gave him the commission for the museum. Trained at Yale and Columbia Universities, he was skilled in historical revival styles, which were at the peak of their popularity in the 1920s. His reproduction of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, the most iconic building in American history, made the museum famous.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1929
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.1254
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8.5 in
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