Drum and Bugle Corps outside Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934

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Artifact Overview

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 the Kingston Community Junior Drum and Bugle Corp, who numbered among the more than twelve million fairgoers to visit the Ford exhibit.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1934

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.852

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-281-W-F
Drum and Bugle Corps outside Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934