Workers Installing New Sod outside Ford Exposition Building, New York World's Fair, 1939
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Ford Motor Company vigorously publicized its exhibition at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. A dedicated Press Department photographed fair activities and regularly distributed the images to thousands of national publications. This example publicized wintertime landscaping. Workers were preparing the exhibit building and grounds for the 1940 fair, when Ford would unveil a new wing featuring a 420-seat theater.
Ford Motor Company vigorously publicized its exhibition at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. A dedicated Press Department photographed fair activities and regularly distributed the images to thousands of national publications. This example publicized wintertime landscaping. Workers were preparing the exhibit building and grounds for the 1940 fair, when Ford would unveil a new wing featuring a 420-seat theater.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
05 December 1939
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.232.1764
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: 1434
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