Guests of the Ford Motor Company in the Courtyard of the Ford Building, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935

THF210470 / Guests of the Ford Motor Company in the Courtyard of the Ford Building, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935

THF210471 / Guests of the Ford Motor Company in the Courtyard of the Ford Building, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935 / back

THF210472 / Guests of the Ford Motor Company in the Courtyard of the Ford Building, California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935 / description from duplicate image

Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego, constructing the fair's largest and most popular exhibition. Ford's massive steel and concrete building enclosed an open-air courtyard featuring a V-8 emblem-shaped fountain. This group of New York Life Insurance executives posed in the space, where guests could rest and enjoy daily musical performances.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1935

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn

Collection Title

World's Fair Photographs Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.228

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in

Inscriptions

verso: R 228

Keywords	United States, California, San Diego, Balboa Park Photographic prints Photographs Exhibitions Exhibition buildings Insurance executives Courtyards World's fairs Ford Motor Company New York Life Insurance Company California-Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)