Crowd Inside the Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1957
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After the Century of Progress Exposition ended in 1934, Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from that fair back to Dearborn, Michigan. From 1936 to 1962, Ford recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. People flocked to the Dearborn Rotunda when new car models were displayed or during the annual Christmas Fantasy.
After the Century of Progress Exposition ended in 1934, Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from that fair back to Dearborn, Michigan. From 1936 to 1962, Ford recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. People flocked to the Dearborn Rotunda when new car models were displayed or during the annual Christmas Fantasy.
Artifact
Lantern slide
Subject Date
circa 1957
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
74.300.1182.1.52
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Glass (Material)
Paper tape
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on small oval paper sticker: 1-52
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