Scale Model of Dymaxion House, Roof Removed for Interior View, 1946

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1946

Subject Date

1946

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2008.115.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Stamping (Marking)
Typewriting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Typewritten press release affixed to back: #78 PHOTO SHOWS: Scale model of Fuller House, roof and ceiling removed. Living / room encloses 337 square feet, equal to a room 16' x 21'. Home owners who want / extra space may add curved balcony to living room. Inside doors close and open / like accordion, are safe, save space, are made of metal covered with flexible / plastic. Aluminum partitions are decorated with panels of aircraft plywood. / Fanshaped floor is of plywood grooved into aluminum strips. Entire house is 36 / square feet in diameter, was designed that way because a circle encloses more space / than a square. (Photo Credit: Victor Keppler) Stamped in black ink on back: DO NOT RELEASE / BEFORE 6:00 P.M. E.S.T. / THURSDAY MARCH 32, 1946 / FULLER HOUSES, INC. / WICHITA 2, KANSAS / Washington: DISTRICT 4959 / NEW YORK: REGENT 4-1044
Scale Model of Dymaxion House, Roof Removed for Interior View, 1946