Jorge Navarro, Vice Consul of Ecuador and Companions Visiting the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935

Summary

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. Ford hosted the Vice Consul from Ecuador, Jorge Navarro, who numbered among the reported 2.5 million fairgoers to visit the Ford Exhibit.

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. Ford hosted the Vice Consul from Ecuador, Jorge Navarro, who numbered among the reported 2.5 million fairgoers to visit the Ford Exhibit.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

12 July 1935

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.283

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: 11 in

Width: 7.5 in

Inscriptions

verso: R 283 Vice Council from Ecuador. Catherine McVay, Jorge Navarro, vice consullor, Elinor Pryor. 7/12/35

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