500,000th Visitor to the Ford Building, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935
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Ford Motor Company was the major exhibitor at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego. The Ford Building, Music Bowl, and outdoor "Roads of the Pacific" experience composed the Exposition's largest and most popular attraction. This photograph shows Carmen Parrott - the 500,000th of a reported 2.5 million fairgoers to attend the Ford Exhibit - with her mother.
Ford Motor Company was the major exhibitor at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego. The Ford Building, Music Bowl, and outdoor "Roads of the Pacific" experience composed the Exposition's largest and most popular attraction. This photograph shows Carmen Parrott - the 500,000th of a reported 2.5 million fairgoers to attend the Ford Exhibit - with her mother.
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
64.167.232.196
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 194
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