Courtyard inside Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1937

Summary

Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 until a devastating fire destroyed the building in 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. This photo shows the central courtyard inside the building soon after it opened in 1937.

Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 until a devastating fire destroyed the building in 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. This photo shows the central courtyard inside the building soon after it opened in 1937.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

01 September 1937

Subject Date

01 September 1937

Collection Title

General Photographs Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.68742.B

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: 7.875 in

Width: 10.938 in

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