Construction of the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964

THF115187 / Construction of the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964

THF115188 / Construction of the Ford Motor Company Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1964 / back

Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company hired Welton Becket and Associates to design the Ford Pavilion for the 1964/65 New York World's Fair. The building was reminiscent of the original Ford Rotunda built for Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair in the 1930s. Ford also brought in Walt Disney to create the pavilion's exhibits, including the Magic Skyway ride -- one of the fair's most popular attractions.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1964

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.11318

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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, New York, New York, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Photographs Photographic prints Building construction Exhibition buildings Exhibitions World's fairs Ford Motor Company United States Steel Corporation New York World's Fair (1964-1965)