Light's Golden Jubilee and Dedication of Edison Institute by Irving Bacon, Painted 1945
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Henry Ford planned the dedication of his museum complex to coincide with the 50th anniversary in October 1929 of Thomas Edison's invention of the incandescent lamp. Surprisingly, there were no photographs taken of the Light's Golden Jubilee banquet so, in the mid-1930s, Ford asked his staff artist, Irving Bacon, to capture the event in this panoramic painting, which took over a decade to complete.
Henry Ford planned the dedication of his museum complex to coincide with the 50th anniversary in October 1929 of Thomas Edison's invention of the incandescent lamp. Surprisingly, there were no photographs taken of the Light's Golden Jubilee banquet so, in the mid-1930s, Ford asked his staff artist, Irving Bacon, to capture the event in this panoramic painting, which took over a decade to complete.
Artifact
Oil painting (Visual work)
Date Made
1945
Subject Date
21 October 1929
Keywords
Incandescent lamps (Lighting device components)
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Museum Display
Object ID
46.79.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Henry and Clara Ford
Material
Oil paint (Paint)
Canvas
Dimensions
Height: 84 in
Width: 204 in
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