Postcard, "Ford Rotunda, Administration Building and the River Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan," 1937

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Artifact Overview

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 postcard shows the Rotunda in its second and final home -- across from the Administration Building at Ford's River Rouge Plant.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Postcard

Date Made

1937

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

83.179.1

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in