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exhibition: Gypsy Coeds RIde the Silver Streak |
October 17th, 2015
From 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Gypsy Coeds Ride the Silver Streak is an exhibition about a 1926 Model T and a changing group of girls around 20 years of age who drove it around the United States and into Canada and Mexico each summer between 1934 and 1942. One of the girls started a correspondence with Henry Ford, who provided letters of introduction for them and met them more than once, a relationship that is well documented in the Benson Ford Research Center files. The owner painted the car silver and it was “Lizzie labeled” each year. The current owner of the car, the son of one of the coeds, is writing a book about the “Silver Streak” and the girls; it will be published by the time the exhibition opens on October 16, 2015. You can visit his extensive website, www.gypsycoeds.com, for more information. This is a great human interest story that deserves even more attention than we can give it. The exhibit runs through January 17, 2016. Thank you for your interest.
I can provide a flier on request. |
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| Date: |
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October 17th, 2015 to January 17th, 2016 |
| Time: |
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10:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Venue Name: |
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Peoria Riverfront Museum |
| Venue Street Address: |
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222 SW Washington St. |
| Venue City: |
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Peoria |
| Venue State: |
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IL |
| Contact Name: |
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Kristan H McKinsey |
| Contact Phone: |
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3098633021 |
| Contact Email: |
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kmckinsey@peoriariverfrontmuseum.org |
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