Group in Front of V-8 Fountain, Ford Building Center Courtyard, 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. A massive steel and concrete building enclosed an open-air courtyard, where visitors could rest, take in pleasant landscaping, and enjoy occasional musical performances. This group posed in front of the courtyard's central feature, a V-8 emblem-shaped fountain.
Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego, constructing the fair's largest and most popular exhibition. A massive steel and concrete building enclosed an open-air courtyard, where visitors could rest, take in pleasant landscaping, and enjoy occasional musical performances. This group posed in front of the courtyard's central feature, a V-8 emblem-shaped fountain.
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
64.167.232.84
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 67
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