Soon after the Wright Brothers' historic flight launched the aviation industry, Henry Ford and his son, Edsel, both became fascinated with this new mode of transportation and saw the business potential the new industry offered. In , when Edsel Ford was 28, he invested in a new company, the Stout Metal Airplane Company, which named him a director.
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View Rates View Rates. My favorite pages are two-page spreads illustrating the original lobby in photographs and the blueprint of the furniture arrangement. What is truly amazing are the fabric and wallpaper swatches. When one compares them with the black and white photographs, one gains a true sense of the colors and textures of the lobby.
On separate pages are photographs of individual pieces of furniture. Antique reproduction chest of drawers. Several of these are still in the lobby THF The use of reproduction antiques is best seen in the guest rooms. These are mixed with vernacular Windsor and "Hitchcock" chairs. The botanical wallpaper is reminiscent of an 18th-century print.
In all, the scrapbook is a wonderful record of a truly remarkable structure. The images presented here are the highlights, intended to provide a glimpse into a genteel past.
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