Letter from Edsel Ford's Office to Charles Hart regarding the Walt Whitman House, Pool and Bath House for Dearborn Inn, May 3, 1936
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By the mid-1930s, the Dearborn Inn, a popular luxury hotel, required additional accommodations to service travelers and visitors to the Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford). The L.G. Treadway Service Corporation consulted with Edsel Ford about proposed upgrades that included a swimming pool, pool house, landscaping, and a "Colonial Village" of guest houses (replicas of homes famous in American history.)
By the mid-1930s, the Dearborn Inn, a popular luxury hotel, required additional accommodations to service travelers and visitors to the Edison Institute (later renamed The Henry Ford). The L.G. Treadway Service Corporation consulted with Edsel Ford about proposed upgrades that included a swimming pool, pool house, landscaping, and a "Colonial Village" of guest houses (replicas of homes famous in American history.)
Artifact
Letter (Correspondence)
Date Made
05 May 1936
Subject Date
05 May 1936
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Hotels (Public accommodations)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.6.27
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in
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