La-Z-Boy Founders Edward Knabusch and Edwin Shoemaker, 1984-1988
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Cousins and business partners Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch established a successful furniture company through a combination of invention and marketing. The "La-Z-Boy" reclining chair technology they developed--and the creative ways they advertised it to customers--came to define the cousins' business.
Cousins and business partners Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch established a successful furniture company through a combination of invention and marketing. The "La-Z-Boy" reclining chair technology they developed--and the creative ways they advertised it to customers--came to define the cousins' business.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1984-1988
Creators
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2015.78.1.196
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of La-Z-Boy, Incorporated.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Photographic processes
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 20.000 in
Width: 16.000 in
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