Girard College Boys 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. Ford hosted many special guests during the two-year event--including this energetic group of students, who numbered among the reported 15 million fairgoers to visit the company's exposition.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

06 October 1939

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.1370

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: 1220 A