Correspondence between E.G. Liebold and Charles L. Clarke regarding Light's Golden Jubilee Banquet Painting, 1936
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In the mid-1930s, more than six years after the Light's Golden Jubilee celebration, Henry Ford commissioned a panoramic painting of that evening's banquet. Letters were sent to attendees asking them to indicate on an enclosed diagram where they sat. Charles Clarke remembered his location and wondered whether he could be in the painting, since where he was seated, he was "practically out of sight."
In the mid-1930s, more than six years after the Light's Golden Jubilee celebration, Henry Ford commissioned a panoramic painting of that evening's banquet. Letters were sent to attendees asking them to indicate on an enclosed diagram where they sat. Charles Clarke remembered his location and wondered whether he could be in the painting, since where he was seated, he was "practically out of sight."
Artifact
Correspondence
Date Made
07 July 1936 - 21 August 1936
Subject Date
21 October 1929
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Bacon, Irving R. (Irving Reuben), 1875-1962
Clarke, Charles Lorenzo, 1853-1941
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Liebold, Ernest G. (Ernest Gustav), 1884-1956
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1657.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Ink
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Handwriting
Printing (Process)
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10.5 in (typed letters)
Width: 7.25 in (typed letters)
Height: 10.25 in (seating chart)
Width: 7.25 in (seating chart)
Height: 11 in (handwritten letter)
Width: 8.5 in (handwritten letter)
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