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Shell Oil Company's Information Girls in Ford Phaeton, Touring the 'Roads of the Pacific,' California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935

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Artifact Overview

The Ford Exhibit -- the most popular attraction at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition -- featured "Roads of the Pacific," where visitors rode in brand new Ford V-8s over realistic reproductions of historic and modern roadways from around the world. Shell Oil Company's exposition "Information Girls" posed for a photograph while touring a section of the "Roads of the Pacific" experience.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1935

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

World's Fair Photographs Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.221

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 221
Keywords
Shell Oil Company's Information Girls in Ford Phaeton, Touring the 'Roads of the Pacific,' California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935