Aerial View of Ford Rouge Plant and Rotunda Building, circa 1955
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The Rotunda was built for the Ford Motor Company exhibition at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair. It was later rebuilt in Dearborn, Michigan, where it served as a hospitality center for tourists from 1936 to 1962. This photograph shows the Rotunda in its second and final home -- across from the Administration Building at Ford's River Rouge Plant.
The Rotunda was built for the Ford Motor Company exhibition at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair. It was later rebuilt in Dearborn, Michigan, where it served as a hospitality center for tourists from 1936 to 1962. This photograph shows the Rotunda in its second and final home -- across from the Administration Building at Ford's River Rouge Plant.
Artifact
Lantern slide
Subject Date
circa 1955
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
74.300.1182.4.85
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Glass (Material)
Tape (Material)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4 in
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