Photograph
Winifred Ford with her Watercolors
| Winifred (Bonnewitz) Ford with several of her watercolor paintings from the exhibit at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin titled "Old Homes in Madison." The exhibit featured 36 famous old homes and buildings from the building "boom" in Madison before the Civil War. Mrs. Ford was the widow of the veteran actor and theatrical producer Marcus Ford. |
| Image ID: | 42363 |
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| Creation Date: | 05 01 1945 |
| Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6442.0532A |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.25 x 2.25 inches |
| One of two almost-identical images. Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on May 6, 1945. Biographical notes: Winifred Bonnewitz (1876-1957) was born in Van Wert, Ohio, and as a young woman acted on Broadway for a while. She married Marcus C. Ford (1873-1941) in about 1904. The couple lived for 25 years in Kansas City and in 1933 moved to Madison, where Mr. Ford had spent his childhood. He graduated in 1897 from the University of Wisconsin with a law degree, but chose instead to live out his love of the theater as an actor, dramatic director, playwright and producer — especially for Haresfoot (the UW men's dramatic club). From 1935-37 Mr. Ford was state supervisor of drama and public speaking for the Federal Emergency Education Program under the Wisconsin WPA. After her husband died in 1941, Winifred worked as an artist and draftswoman in the engineering department of Gisholt Machine Company, then spent the last few years of her life in Atlantic City, New Jersey (where her son, Marcus Jr., worked in the entertainment industry). The Fords resided mainly at 10 E. Gorham Street, Winifred later lived at 1023 Spaight Street, and both are buried in Madison's Forest Hill Cemetery. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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