Author Hamlin Garland, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934

Ford Motor Company was a major exhibitor at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition in 1934. A large exhibition building, bandshell, and Roads of the World experience composed the fair's largest and most talked-about attraction. Ford hosted American author Hamlin Garland, who numbered among the more than twelve million fairgoers to visit the Ford exhibit.