Print, Photographic
Black and white photograph, mounted on board, showing people seated at a long table for a luncheon at the Park Shelton Hotel on Monday, December 14, 1953 for the Detroit Historical Museum's "Air Pioneer William B. Stout" exhibit, commemorating the 50th anniversary of powered flight. The photograph was taken by Spencer Photographers.
A sketch on the reverse side of the board shows the outlines of the people in the photograph numbered 1 to 39. An accompanying sheet of paper lists the people in attendance, corresponding to the numbers on the sketch, as follows:
1. Georgia Davison, Mrs. Murphy's Secretary
2. Mr. Pipp of the Detroit News
3. Mr. Charles Webber, Detroit Free Press
4. another reporter
5. Harold M. Hastings, Board of Trustees, Detroit Historical Society
6. James V. Votta, Secretary, Aero Club of Michigan
7. Mr. Frank Davis, Henry Ford Museum
8. Mr. Frank M. Granger, Aero Engineering, Wayne State University
9. Mr. Joseph Rutkowski, Aero Engineering Department, Wayne State University
10. Mr. Merrill Hamburg, Model Plane Specialist, Detroit Board of Education
11. Mr. Arthur A. Locke, Head, Aero Engineering Department, Wayne State University
12. Mr. C.V. Burnett, Director, Detroit Aviation Commission
13. Mr. Henry E. Edmunds, Ford Archives
14. Mr. Peter Altman, Vice President, Continental Motors Corp.
15. Mrs. Fred L. Black
16. Mr. Henry D. Brown, Director, Detroit Historical Museum
17. Mr. Fred L. Black, Board of Trustees, Detroit Historical Society
18. Mrs. Fred T. Murphy, Commissioner, Detroit Historical Commission
19. Mr. William B. Stout
20. Mr. Walter S. Dunn, Junior Curator, Detroit Historical Museum
21. Mr. Bartlett M. Frost, Assistant Director, Detroit Historical Museum
22. Mr. Robert E. Lee, Jr., Junior Preparator, Detroit Historical Museum
23. Mr. Owen Bombard, Oral Historian, Ford Archives
24. Mr. Hayward S. Ablewhite, Henry Ford Museum
25. Mr. Richard Detwiler, Henry Ford Museum
26. Mr. Harry A. Richert, Aviation Hist. Comm., Detroit Board of Commerce
27. Mr. George Holly, friend & associate of Mr. Stout
28. Mr. Eugene W. Lewis, friend & associate of Mr. Stout
29. Mrs. Wilson W. Mills, Board of Trustees, Detroit Historical Society
30. Mr. Earl Holley
31. Mr. Robert T. Walker, friend of Mr. Stout
32. Mr. Stanley E. Knauss, friend & associate of Mr. Stout
33. ?
34. Mr. D.R. Donaldson, Ford Motor Company
35. Mrs. C.P. Boyer, Executive Secretary, Detroit Historical Society
36. Hon. Mary V. Beck, Detroit Common Council
37. Hon. Delmar A. Smith, Detroit Common Council
38. Hon. James H. Garlick, Detroit Common Council
39. Hon. Thomas D. Ledbetter, Board of Trustees, Detroit Historical Society
