Crating the Quadricycle for Shipment, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
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Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, spending more than $5 million to construct and maintain its elaborate and well-attended exposition space. Ford's massive exhibition building attracted fairgoers with industrial demonstrations and informative displays. Henry Ford even sent some historic items. His first automobile, the Quadricycle, was crated and later displayed in the exhibition building's entrance hall.
Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, spending more than $5 million to construct and maintain its elaborate and well-attended exposition space. Ford's massive exhibition building attracted fairgoers with industrial demonstrations and informative displays. Henry Ford even sent some historic items. His first automobile, the Quadricycle, was crated and later displayed in the exhibition building's entrance hall.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
06 November 1939
Keywords
United States, New York, New York, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.232.1567
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: 1405
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