25 years in congress. And then into his president ial and postpresident ial experience. In the first gallery, we feature his foundational years. He grew up in grand rapids, michigan, but he was not born in grand rapids. He was born in omaha, nebraska. His mother had married a businessman in omaha by the name of leslie king. So, she was dorothy king. They had a child in july of 1913. They named him leslie lynch king, jr. He is the person we know as gerald ford. We have his christening gown and a few other things of interest, but one of the things we feature in this case is the baby book. A lot of mothers keep books on their children, even today. Dorothy was no exception back in 1913. She began keeping a book on the babys experience. We cant present the real thing, but we present a duplicate in flip form. Some of the things you see are the first picture of dorothy with the baby. He was born in a house in omaha, nebraska, his grandfathers house. Some of the other interesting features abou
The spaces are broken down into his what we call his foundation years, his youth. We move into his congressional period. Then has president ial and pose president ial experience. In the first gallery we feature his foundational years. He grew up in grand rapids, michigan, but he was not born in grand rapids. He was born in omaha, nebraska. His mother had married a businessman in omaha by the name of leslie king. She was dorothy king. They had a child in july of 1913. They named him Leslie Lynch King junior. He is the person we know is gerald ford. We have his christening gown and a few other things of interest, but one of the things we featured is the baby book. A lot of mothers keep books on their children, even today. Dorothy was no exception back in 1913. She began keeping a book on the babys experience. We cant present the real thing, but we present a duplicate and flip form. Some of the things you see are the first picture of dorothy with the baby. He was born in a house in omaha,
25 years in congress. And then into his president ial and postpresident ial experience. In the first gallery, we feature his foundational years. He grew up in grand rapids, michigan, but he was not born in grand rapids. He was born in omaha, nebraska. His mother had married a businessman in omaha by the name of leslie king. So, she was dorothy king. They had a child in july of 1913. They named him leslie lynch king, jr. He is the person we know as gerald ford. We have his christening gown and a few other things of interest, but one of the things we feature in this case is the baby book. A lot of mothers keep books on their children, even today. Dorothy was no exception back in 1913. She began keeping a book on the babys experience. We cant present the real thing, but we present a duplicate in flip form. Some of the things you see are the first picture of dorothy with the baby. He was born in a house in omaha, nebraska, his grandfathers house. Some of the other interesting features abou
Program was started by a three person committee, but they wanted they wanted to take it possible for American Cities to commission an original work of art for that city. We were the first city to ever receive a grant from the endowment to be used specifically to commission an original work of art for a specific civic site. It was 16 years old. It was in the spring of 1930 and he was working at bills place when he noticed a new car pulled up and stopped in front of this store. This big fellow stepped out any stepped into the entryway of the sedre and cost pau for a long time. Ford asked him if you help him. The man city where Leslie Lynch King junior. He said no, im gerald ford junior. He said you are my son, im your father. I want to take you to lunch. Welcome to grand rapids on American History tv. With the help of our Comcast Cable partners, for the next 90 minutes we will take you to michigans secondlargest city. Once called Furniture City. We begin with a tour of the newly updated