Students from Traphagen School of Fashion Admiring Chassis Fountain at Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
THF216359 / Students from Traphagen School of Fashion Admiring Chassis Fountain at Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired sculptor Isamu Noguchi to design a fountain for its exhibition building. His design featured automobile parts, which fit the fair's "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme and expressed the power of Ford's revolutionary V-8 engine. Here, a group of students poses near Noguchi's completed fountain.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
17 May 1939
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.232.1360
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: 239
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