Visitors Waiting for Next Performance, Ford Auditorium, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934

THF213056 / Visitors Waiting for Next Performance, Ford Auditorium, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934

THF213057 / Visitors Waiting for Next Performance, Ford Auditorium, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934 / back

Artifact Overview

Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition used the theme of progress to encourage optimism during the Depression. Ford Motor Company's popular exhibition at the fair included an auditorium, where fairgoers viewed "Rhapsody in Steel," an entertaining film concerning automotive assembly, and the "Human Ford," an animated Ford automobile.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1934

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

64.167.232.702

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-205-A

Keywords	United States, Illinois, Chicago, Burnham Park Photographic prints Photographs Exhibitions Exhibition buildings Auditoriums World's fairs Ford Motor Company Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)