Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965

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Artifact Overview

Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. rode Ford's Magic Skyway at the New York World's Fair on a trip with his family in 1964. His wife and two other children followed in the next electronically controlled car.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1964 - 1965

Subject Date

1964 - 1965

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.764

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: 8 in
Width: 10.5 in

Inscriptions

Stamp on verso: PLEASE CREDIT: REGENCY PICTORIALS, INC. HOTEL BILTMORE NEW YORK, N.Y. [illegible]
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Children Riding the "Magic Skyway" at the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965