Herbert T. Strong at Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, spending more than $5 million to construct and maintain its elaborate and well-attended exhibition space. Special guests numbered among Ford's 15 million reported exposition visitors. This photograph shows author Herbert Thompson Strong with one of the Ford building's many industrial displays.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

04 September 1939

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.1172

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: 1080
Herbert T. Strong at Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939