Henry Ford Trade School Students at Great Lakes Exposition, Cleveland, Ohio, 1936-1937

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Artifact Overview

Cleveland celebrated its centennial with the Great Lakes Exposition. For two summers during 1936 and 1937, over seven million visitors came through the gates. Fair officials consigned Ford and the other automobile companies to the Automotive Building -- no separate corporate buildings were constructed. Ford supplemented its vehicle displays with other exhibitions, including demonstrations by students from the Henry Ford Trade School.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

29 June 1936

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.66356

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11.25 in