postcard
Catalog Number
2021.14.286
Description
Photograph, sepia toned with clouding around the edges. The photo appears to show a summer picnic of C.P. Limbert Company on July 21, 1917. The foreground shows two women dressed finely with bonnets standing in the shade of trees. There are two younger females on the left. A gentleman with a white shirt and hat is also in the foreground of the photo on the left. There are several picnic goers sanding, walking or seated at picnic tables in the background.
History
Charles P. Limbert started the Charles P. Limbert Company (1894-1944) to manufacture chairs. In 1902, the company began to produce a line of furniture entitled “Dutch Arts and Crafts" or "mission" style of furniture. It is this style that brought recognition to the company. The Holland Michigan factory was located on the corner of 6th and Columbia in Holland.
