FORD’S TRIBUTE
To T. A. Edison. FIVE MILLION DOLLAR GIFT. (Received February 12 at 7.50 p.m ) NEW YORK, February 11. On the occasion of Mr Thomas A. Edison’s eighty-second birthday today, and the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of the incandescent lamp, Mr Henry Ford has made a five million dollar gift for a museum at Dearborn to house an Edisonian collection. In his letter announcing the gift, Mr Ford warmly praised his friend, Mr Edison, and declared tHat the proposed museum was necessary as an inspiration to American youth.
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Grey River Argus, 13 February 1929, Page 5
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90FORD’S TRIBUTE Grey River Argus, 13 February 1929, Page 5
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