Visitors in Line for Roads of the World Tour, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934

Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company recreated 21 sections of different historic and modern roadways outside the Ford Exhibition Building at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition in 1934. Fairgoers could tour these reproduction "Roads of the World" in courtesy vehicles.

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

64.167.232.704

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-207-W-F

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