Autographed Photo of "Our Gang" Actors, 1928
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Jack L. Maddux, owner of a Lincoln dealership in Los Angeles, sent autographed pictures of the Our Gang actors to Edsel Ford in 1929. Maddux thought that Ford's children might appreciate photos of the young stars posed on a Ford Tri-Motor airplane. More than 200 Our Gang film shorts were produced from 1922 to 1944.
Jack L. Maddux, owner of a Lincoln dealership in Los Angeles, sent autographed pictures of the Our Gang actors to Edsel Ford in 1929. Maddux thought that Ford's children might appreciate photos of the young stars posed on a Ford Tri-Motor airplane. More than 200 Our Gang film shorts were produced from 1922 to 1944.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1928
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.6.122
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Handwriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Width: 9.625 in
Height: 7.625 in
Inscriptions
signatures: HARRY / "WHEEZER"/ JEAN / FARINA / MARY ANN / X PETE / JOE COBB verso: "OUR GANG"
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