Camel Pack Train Crossing a Stream on a Stone Road, 1934
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Artifact Overview
"Roads of the World" was part of the Ford Rotunda in Dearborn, Michigan. Visitors rode new Ford vehicles through reproductions of famous roadways from around the world. Ford spent $176,000 landscaping the attraction into historic and modern sections. To ensure a realistic, immersive experience, crews used reference photographs--like this one--to recreate the 19 "Roads of the World."
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1934
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.10307
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11.25 in
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