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Crowd Inside the Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1957

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Lantern slide

Subject Date

circa 1957

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Ford Rotunda Lantern Slides Series

Location

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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Crowd Inside the Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1957