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

THF215781 / Herbert T. Strong at Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939

THF215782 / Herbert T. Strong at Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 / back

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

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

64.167.232.1173

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-A

Keywords	United States, New York, New York, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Photographic prints Photographs Exhibitions Looms (Textile tools) World's fairs Strong, Herbert T. (Herbert Thompson), 1869- Ford Motor Company New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)