Buckminster Fuller Surrounded by Geodesic Structures in His Office, circa 1951
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Photographic print
Date Made
1967
Subject Date
circa 1951
Creators
Unknown
Creator Notes
Photograph taken in the early 1950s. This print has a 1967 press release attached.
Keywords
United States, New York, Forest Hills
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2009.120.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10.125 in
Inscriptions
typewritten sheet adhered on back: R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER, INVENTOR OF THE GEODESIC DOME-- / Fuller is shown here in his office at Carbondale, Illinois, / surrounded by models of the geodesic structures which have made / him world famous. His latest creation-- the geodesic sky- / break bubble housing the United States Exhibition at the / Canadian World Exhibition in Montreal-- is described by Fuller / as a "prototype environmental valve". The geodesic bubbles / enclose sufficient space for whole communities to live in a a/ benign physical microcosm.
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