BIB_ID
303119
Accession number
MA 1909.14
Creator
Wallace, David.
Display Date
1956 Nov. 8.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Pleydell-Bouverie, Miss Marianne Moore and Mr. David Wallace, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmark and addressed to "Miss Marianne Moore / 260 Cumberland Street / Brooklyn 5, New York."
Part of a collection of correspondence between Marianne Moore and the Ford Motor Company concerning the naming of the Edsel. Letters have been described individually in 16 records (MA 1909.1-16); see collection-level record for more information.
Written on Ford Motor Company, Special Products Division stationery.
Part of a collection of correspondence between Marianne Moore and the Ford Motor Company concerning the naming of the Edsel. Letters have been described individually in 16 records (MA 1909.1-16); see collection-level record for more information.
Written on Ford Motor Company, Special Products Division stationery.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Pleydell-Bouverie, Miss Marianne Moore and Mr. David Wallace in 1958.
Summary
Reporting that Ford has chosen the name Edsel, and stating "I know you will share your sympathies with us."
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