Guided Tour of the 'Roads of the Pacific' Exhibit, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935
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The Ford building -- the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition -- featured "Roads of the Pacific." Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 realistic reproductions of historic and modern roadways. This photograph shows tourists examining a recreated section of a plank road that negotiated sand dunes between Yuma, Arizona, and San Diego, California.
The Ford building -- the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition -- featured "Roads of the Pacific." Visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over 14 realistic reproductions of historic and modern roadways. This photograph shows tourists examining a recreated section of a plank road that negotiated sand dunes between Yuma, Arizona, and San Diego, California.
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
64.167.232.134
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 117
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