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- Southwest Bedroom in Firestone Farm at its Original Site, Columbiana County, Ohio, February 7, 1983 -
- February 07, 1983
- Collections - Artifact
Southwest Bedroom in Firestone Farm at its Original Site, Columbiana County, Ohio, February 7, 1983
- Southeast Bedroom in Firestone Farm at its Original Site, Columbiana County, Ohio, February 7, 1983 -
- February 07, 1983
- Collections - Artifact
Southeast Bedroom in Firestone Farm at its Original Site, Columbiana County, Ohio, February 7, 1983
- Limbert Dresser with Mirror, 1905-1915 - C. P. Limbert Company created affordable Arts and Crafts furniture for the American middle class. This dresser with mirror displays the simple form and visible construction techniques emblematic of Arts and Crafts furniture. Unlike doctrinaire Arts and Crafts makers, the company applied mass-production techniques to reduce costs, but still manufactured well-designed and well-made furniture.
- 1905-1915
- Collections - Artifact
Limbert Dresser with Mirror, 1905-1915
C. P. Limbert Company created affordable Arts and Crafts furniture for the American middle class. This dresser with mirror displays the simple form and visible construction techniques emblematic of Arts and Crafts furniture. Unlike doctrinaire Arts and Crafts makers, the company applied mass-production techniques to reduce costs, but still manufactured well-designed and well-made furniture.
- Dresser Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- circa 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Dresser Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- Bureau, Chair, 1890-1915 - In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the <EM>New York Herald</EM>. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. She also documented collections of private individuals and museums -- some of which were featured in magazine articles for collectors. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives.
- 1890-1915
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Bureau, Chair, 1890-1915
In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the New York Herald. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. She also documented collections of private individuals and museums -- some of which were featured in magazine articles for collectors. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives.
- Dresser Caddy, 1960-1965 -
- 1960-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Dresser Caddy, 1960-1965
- Dresser, 1940-1942 -
- 1940-1942
- Collections - Artifact
Dresser, 1940-1942
- Dresser Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- circa 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Dresser Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- Guest Room in Eva Tanguay's New York City Apartment, 1908-1913 -
- 1908-1913
- Collections - Artifact
Guest Room in Eva Tanguay's New York City Apartment, 1908-1913
- Dresser, 1933-1937 - Architects and designers showcased their modern innovations in the "Homes of Tomorrow" exhibition at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Pioneering modernist and industrial designer Gilbert Rohde furnished the "Design for Living Home," where he debuted lines of streamlined furniture. Herman Miller manufactured Rohde's furniture for the exhibition and then for sale to the public, stamping each piece with a tag declaring it "world fair furniture."
- 1933-1937
- Collections - Artifact
Dresser, 1933-1937
Architects and designers showcased their modern innovations in the "Homes of Tomorrow" exhibition at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Pioneering modernist and industrial designer Gilbert Rohde furnished the "Design for Living Home," where he debuted lines of streamlined furniture. Herman Miller manufactured Rohde's furniture for the exhibition and then for sale to the public, stamping each piece with a tag declaring it "world fair furniture."