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
Creators
Collection Title
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
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