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Conceptual Drawing of the Ford Exhibition Building for the New York World's Fair, 1939

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague to create its exhibition building in New York City's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. This conceptual rendering shows the entrance to Teague's Ford Building. It features a stainless steel sculpture depicting Mercury, whose mythological speed symbolized the swift progress of modern transportation.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Rendering (Drawing)

Date Made

1939

Subject Date

1939-1940

Creators

Place of Creation

Creator Notes

By Hugh Ferriss, working with Walter Dorwin Teague, for Ford Motor Company.

Collection Title

Ford Motor Company Architectural, Advertising and Design Drawings Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

83.1.1645.14

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Mat board
Charcoal pencils

Technique

Drawing (Image-making)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 25 in
Width: 30 in

Inscriptions

Artist signature on lower left corner: Hugh Ferriss
Keywords
Conceptual Drawing of the Ford Exhibition Building for the New York World's Fair, 1939