Aerial View of Henry Ford Museum, circa 1953
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Henry Ford commissioned Detroit architect Robert O. Derrick to design his museum building in Dearborn, Michigan. Derrick incorporated multiple references to colonial structures, including the museum's most prominent facade: a detailed replica of Philadelphia's Independence Hall. Construction on the sprawling museum began in 1929 and was completed in the mid-1930s.
Henry Ford commissioned Detroit architect Robert O. Derrick to design his museum building in Dearborn, Michigan. Derrick incorporated multiple references to colonial structures, including the museum's most prominent facade: a detailed replica of Philadelphia's Independence Hall. Construction on the sprawling museum began in 1929 and was completed in the mid-1930s.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1953
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Engine and Electrical Engineering Building (Dearborn, Mich.)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.P.B.3002
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Henry Ford Museum ink stamp on back: B3002 B-neg card reads: Copy negative...original photograph credited as follows: "Official U.S. Navy Photograph"
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