Front Entrance of Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1953
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Artifact Overview
The Rotunda was built for the Ford Motor Company exhibition at the 1933 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 renovated Rotunda that reopened in 1953 for Ford Motor Company's 50th anniversary. It housed exhibits featuring progressive research and engineering.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
09 September 1953
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.102803.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in
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