Women Members of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Ford Bowl, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935
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Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego, constructing the fair's largest and most popular exhibition. Performers in the 3,000-seat Ford Music Bowl amphitheatre included the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. Music Bowl concerts - free to visitors and broadcast nationally by radio - broadened Ford's corporate presence at the Exposition and provided bonus advertising.
Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego, constructing the fair's largest and most popular exhibition. Performers in the 3,000-seat Ford Music Bowl amphitheatre included the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. Music Bowl concerts - free to visitors and broadcast nationally by radio - broadened Ford's corporate presence at the Exposition and provided bonus advertising.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1935
Keywords
United States, California, San Diego, Balboa Park
California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.232.78
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 in
Inscriptions
verso: R 61 Released 6/7/35
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