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Concert at the Ford Bowl, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935

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Artifact Overview

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 3,000-seat outdoor amphitheater next to the Ford Building offered free musical performances. These Ford Music Bowl concerts were also broadcast nationally by radio, broadening Ford's corporate presence at the Exposition and providing bonus advertising.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1935

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.251

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 251
Concert at the Ford Bowl, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935